Edgar Wilson Nye quotes

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds. (Edgar Wilson Nye)
There is a grim and ghastly humor -- the humor that is born of a pathetic philosophy -- which now and then strikes me in reading the bright and keen-witted work of our American paragraphers. It is a humor that may be crystallized by hunger and sorrow and tears. It is not found elsewhere as it is in America. It is out of the question in England, because an Englishman cannot poke fun at himself. He cannot joke about an empty flour-barrel. We can: especially if by doing it we may swap the joke for another barrel of flour. We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves. View quote
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They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds. View quote
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For other people named Bill Nye, see Bill Nye (disambiguation). View quote
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