Vigilance is the virtue of vice.


C. J. Weber

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Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his po...
MAX WEBER
One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of ...
MAX WEBER
I am under the impression that in nine out of ten cases I deal with windbags who do not fully realiz...
MAX WEBER
Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year...
EBERHARD WEBER
When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
EBERHARD WEBER
There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not...
EBERHARD WEBER
The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
EBERHARD WEBER
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot ...
EBERHARD WEBER
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to cond...
EBERHARD WEBER
It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a de...
EBERHARD WEBER
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found...
EBERHARD WEBER
If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not g...
EBERHARD WEBER
I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the cove...
EBERHARD WEBER
I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I devel...
EBERHARD WEBER
I played cello in my high school orchestra.
EBERHARD WEBER
I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze th...
EBERHARD WEBER
When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It'...
EBERHARD WEBER
The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be ...
EBERHARD WEBER
Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn...
EBERHARD WEBER
At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player becau...
EBERHARD WEBER
As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about ei...
EBERHARD WEBER
On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I...
EBERHARD WEBER
It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
EBERHARD WEBER
I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.
EBERHARD WEBER
They never saw their family again.
ALAIN WEBER
To me as a man, and as an educator, it is so incredibly important that we do not forget.
ALAIN WEBER
I could see she had a great deal of pride in what I am doing, but she still questions it.
ALAIN WEBER
You early on become very conscious of certain things. Others were talking about religion. We were no...
ALAIN WEBER
Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.
MAX WEBER
Les personnages de nos autres vies sont des fantômes que la littérature fait revivre.
OLIVIER WEBER
Tisiphone stood silent and helpless in Alicia's mind. It was all she could do to keep Alicia's blind...
DAVID WEBER
Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps...
MAX WEBER
You are stuck with me till the world falls to pieces, and if we’re not still standing even then we...
OTTILIE WEBER
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...
MAX WEBER
No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quit...
MAX WEBER
God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he f...
JENNY WEBER
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordinati...
MAX WEBER
If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News...
STEVEN WEBER