"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding." ― Gustav Mahler Topic(s): Hope More From Gustav Mahler "The real art of conducting consists in transitions." "If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music." "Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos." More In Hope "I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, ‘cuz he ain’t gotta worry about getting re-elected."― Samuel L. Jackson "People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous."― Edmund Burke "Before I do a play I say that I hope it’s going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It’s like a drug."― Isabelle Huppert