Sun Ra Quotes

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help.

Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.

There are lots of ways to work together.

United we stand, divided we fall.

While three men hold together, the kingdoms are less by three.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

Those who go along get along.

There is more power in unity than division.

A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need, but the right ones for the job.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.

Part of an ensemble show is realizing it's a collaboration. It's like a symphony. Everybody takes their turn, but it's really the collective group that matters.