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Brook Quotes

One word, two very different currents.

This page gathers quotes around the word "brook" in its two distinct senses - the sound of a stream a musician hears as its own melody, and the sterner idiom of an art demanding total, undivided commitment.

In 1983, I became the Vincent and Brook Astor Professor at The Rockefeller University, where I established a new Laboratory of Neurobiology and continued my close collaboration with Charles Gilbert on the circuitry of primary visual cortex.

Quotes by Torsten Wiesel

If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or TV or movies. Art is a jealous mistress and will brook no competitors. Study all the time. Never...

Quotes by Steven Berkoff

I love criticism. Equitable Life went down because management wouldn't brook criticism, but if you are in business, you have to hear what's going wrong.

Quotes by Peter Hargreaves

The sensitive ear of the musician detects a certain musical note in every city which is different from that of another city. He hears in each little brook a new melody, and to him the sound of wind in the...

Quotes by Max Heindel

Able Quotes

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.

Quotes by Joseph Lancaster

I was born in Westchester, NY. I grew up around the Rye Brook area, and then I moved to White Plains with my family.

Quotes by Jennifer Damiano

I'm a boxing fan. I've seen Kell Brook fight. I'm not one of those boxers who says he doesn't watch other guys fight or follow the sport. I do.

Quotes by Errol Spence Jr.

Kell Brook is a strong fighter. He likes to dictate the pace, which most boxers like to do. He likes to use his jab to set up other punches, like the left hook.

Quotes by Errol Spence Jr.

Kell Brook has a lot of heart. He showed it against Golovkin and when he came over here to the States and fought Shawn Porter. He's a real warrior in the ring.

Quotes by Errol Spence Jr.

Art Quotes

Stony Brook is a phenomenal university and I am proud to be affiliated with it, so it is gratifying to be able to support this wonderful institution in whatever way I can.

Quotes by Emma Walton Hamilton

Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and...

Quotes by Deborah Sampson

There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.

Quotes by Dan Harmon

A lot of the cities where we have a strong following, we don't even get to every year anymore. But Stony Brook was a place that, from the very first time we went, the chemistry was right. They loved us,...

Quotes by Butch Trucks

In my vocal, I think you can hear something of my earlier times when I'd sing in subway halls for the echo and perform doo-wop on street corners. But I had a lot of influences, too - singers like Sam...

Quotes by Ben E. King

Babbling Quotes

Kell Brook was saying he wants to forget about Amir Khan; he wants to fight Pacquiao and Mayweather. These guys don't know who Kell Brook is.

Quotes by Amir Khan

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Quotes by Alexander the Great

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do these brook quotes seem to have two different meanings?
"Brook" is used two ways in English - as a small stream, compared here to a fresh melody, and as a verb meaning to tolerate, as in an art too jealous to allow rivals.
Is there a quote about brook as a literal stream?
Yes, one sample describes a musician hearing a distinct note in every city, comparing a little brook to a new melody and the sound of wind to music of its own.
What does "will brook no competitors" mean in the acting quote here?
It means art demands total, ruthless commitment and tolerates no rivals for your attention, urging an aspiring actor to study seriously rather than chase fame casually.
Does any quote connect brook to independence or freedom?
Yes, one references a spirit of independence natural to Englishmen who rarely accept being forced into submission, unwilling to bow to the dictates of others.
What other topics pair well with this one?
If the acting-and-commitment angle interests you more than the nature imagery, Art quotes is a natural next stop; for gentler stream imagery, try Babbling quotes.

It also touches on an independent spirit refusing to submit to compulsion. For nearby reading, see Art quotes or Babbling quotes.