Top 533 Quotes & Sayings by Finnish Authors - Page 5

I'm confident and really optimistic.

The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.

I think I ate at the John Hancock building - I loved the view.

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.

You need to carry out very careful pre-feasibility and feasibility studies before you enter any crisis situation.

No country's policies are eternal; they do vary. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. In a year's time, a government can look different. You can't influence them if you don't talk to them.

If one is satisfied with things, one doesn't complain about the downsides that exist, either.

I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both.

I studied to be a car mechanic. That was my plan B. Servicing cars and changing tyres in Finland.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

Posh was my favorite Spice Girl but she didn't have that many lines to sing.

I think with racing, you never stop improving. If you want to improve, you will.

So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at the same time. I don't think all those things shut each other out.

I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.

I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.

Christmas for me is a time for being close to my family and those close to me.

Sometimes it's better to look at things than own them... owning means anxiety and lots of bags to carry around.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.

I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.

The Brightest Void' gives more than a first taste of 'The Shadow Self;' it is a full album filled with nine songs!

I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat.

It has always been my dream to do Eurovision since I was a child.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

When people come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and they feel part of this family.

I got used to the physical play in Scotland and it taught me about some stuff for sure.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

The Scottish game is not easy - far from it.You don't have so much time on the ball. There are aggressive defenders but it is good. Every opponent likes to mark closely so it is not so easy to score. In Germany there was more space to run into other areas of the pitch.

When I drive there is not much emotion in there. I'm just trying to get everything right and get every lap, every corner perfect.

The worlds of art and fashion have always been very intertwined at Dior. Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife, Claude, for instance, did windows for Monsieur Dior. Dior himself was a gallerist before becoming the revolutionary fashion designer we all know.

How many points, how many races you can win, how many times you be on the podium. That's the name of the game.

I haven't travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I've never even been to US.

I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.

Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall.

All the experience from 'X Factor' U.K. I can use that - I know what I'm doing on a big stage.

I got the call, 'Celtic want you.' And I knew Celtic were a top, top team. I thought it would be much easier than it was. It was quicker than I thought. When you got the ball, there was always a defender at you.

When you have a core group of young players as we do, the future looks bright.

When you're a young talent, and you want to launch your brand, you always have tons of questions: Where should I produce? Should I launch a second line? Should I do shoes, accessories? If you have someone who can coach you and give you advice and help you find the right supplier, it's a big help.

I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.

I honestly think the reason I've been able to improve year by year is work. Work with the team, work with my ability, focus on all the single details.

In music, you can't really tell who's better.

We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems.

It's funny, the only song I didn't want to do originally was 'Oh So Quiet.' And it was the best performance and changed the game for me.

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.

Those years in Denmark changed my game and how I played football.

I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.

I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.

You have to be very brave and very entrepreneurial - you have to dare to create your own brand.

I do always the music before the lyrics. The story or an idea for the lyrics appears during the composing process normally, but some other times I already have a strong idea of the story I would like to sing before any music comes to my mind.

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.

I wouldn't call myself at all as a crossover artist - I kind of hate that word - but in a way, you need to see me like that, because I'm working in classical music, I'm doing these other projects, and I'm having a rock career at the same time.

You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.

I know what is best for me.

The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of goal of what to try to do and make it happen in that time.