Bass Point

Famous quotes containing the words bass and/or point:

    “How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
    —In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy—but he who has shown the better temper.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)