"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing."

People,

3

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing."

Explore more quotes by Richard Morris

"You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition."

Music, Quality, Churches, Country

"It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap."

Car, Music

"It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true."

Truth, Universe

"Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass."

Music, Being, End, First

"The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door."

Education, Music, First, Will

"Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant."

Participation,

"For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith."

Beauty, Faith, Music, Talent

"You can read about it all you want, but there is no substitute for just doing it."

Want,

"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing."

People,

"At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir."

Sales,

Exlpore more People quotes

"The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

People, Present

"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

People, Man, Respect

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

Victor Hugo, French Author

People, Kings

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

People, Superiority

"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

People, Beliefs, May, Myths

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

People, Goodness

"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

People, Nothing

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

Jane Austen, British Writer

People, Trouble, Want

"We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

People,

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

People, Nothing