15301 Quotes & Sayings

There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging. — Ben Rattray

She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn't feel like she had power over the most important thing of all - her own heart. — Josephine Angelini

A symbol serves to combine heart and intellect. — Robert Penn Warren

I was not influenced by any artists. — Andrae Crouch

His students were usually struck first by his appearance: he wore old tweed jackets until they fell apart, kept well into his fifties overcoats that he had inherited from Albert, and, with his ruddy complexion and hearty manner, reminded many students of a grocer or a butcher. But the voice soon captivated them. Little — Alan Jacobs

We must realize that when basic needs have been met, human development is primarily about being more, not having more ... . — Dalai Lama XIV

We didn't say or write anything for a long time. Normally silence like that was uncomfortable and awkward. Like you needed to say something to fill the empty space in the air. But it didn't feel like that with Samantha. Maybe it was because I couldn't say anything and fill the quiet, but I thought it was more about two people just being with each other, enjoying the slowdown and the rare sunshine. — Keary Taylor

The conservatism of a religion - it's orthodoxy - is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap. — Eric Hoffer

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it. — Bruce Springsteen

It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play. — Quincy Jones