Quotes by Hungarian authors

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Small: Its sheer torture. I have to be up with the chickens every day and go to work on my body. I hate it, but I do
"It's sheer torture. I have to be up with the chickens every day and go to work on my body. I hate it, but I do it"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life
"The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees
"But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: A good puzzle, its a fair thing. Nobody is lying. Its very clear, and the problem depends just on you
"A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Ive always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came
"I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: Im a workaholic. Before long Im traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting
"I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress
"There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: The only thing you have to know are your words
"The only thing you have to know are your words"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old
"I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three laye
"The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible
"I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Usually we are saying only part of the truth
"Usually we are saying only part of the truth"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life
"The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down
"Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: I want to try to keep my life the same
"I want to try to keep my life the same"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it
"But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many ahas
"Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Our whole life is solving puzzles
"Our whole life is solving puzzles"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade
"It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts
"In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: I was somewhat out of place among my classmates I could not be as bohemian as they were
"I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure
Anton Seidl
"The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: Of course, experience strengthens one later
Anton Seidl
"Of course, experience strengthens one later"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductors gift
Anton Seidl
"Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts
Anton Seidl
"It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance
Anton Seidl
"Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: Composers are not all good conductors
Anton Seidl
"Composers are not all good conductors"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing
"I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing"
Bela Bartok, Composer
Small: Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not re
"Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it, but then, as today, I disliked organized religion. I have a strange inhibition about praying with others"
Georg Solti, Musician
Small: I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades
"I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades"
Bela Kun, Politician
Small: There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that
"There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down"
Paul Erdos, Mathematician
Small: Finally Im becoming stupider no more
"Finally I'm becoming stupider no more"
Paul Erdos, Mathematician
Small: Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic
"Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic"
Imre Lakatos, Philosopher
Small: The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same
"The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same"
Zoltan Kodaly, Composer
Small: Im not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused
"I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused"
Peter Munk, Businessman
Small: How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any record
"How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public"
Harry Houdini, Entertainer
Small: Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally
"Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat"
Harry Houdini, Entertainer
Small: But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and alle
"But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath"
Harry Houdini, Entertainer
Small: My entire learning process is slow, because I have no visual memory
"My entire learning process is slow, because I have no visual memory"
Georg Solti, Musician
Small: During the first six years of my life, Hungary was one of the most important components of the Habsburg dynast
"During the first six years of my life, Hungary was one of the most important components of the Habsburg dynasty's vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, but after World War I it became an independent national entity"
Georg Solti, Musician