Anacostia Watershed Quotes & Sayings

Most of my songs make fun of myself. — Bo Burnham

Sex is the Universal Language in which nobody speaks; they don't have to. — George Burns

Bernard of Clairvaux shared with Goethe and Balzac the art of charging narratives with his own charisma (and this is probably the only context in which those three names can be mentioned in one breath). On the surface self-representation was not the purpose of such narratives; they presented themselves as fiction or as commentaries on scripture. Let me suggest the word 'autography' to describe the process. 'Autography' is writing yourself into your own composition, not by describing yourself, but by infusing your own presence into it. The reader feels your presence, but sees someone or something else. — C. Stephen Jaeger

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle.

I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour. — Benjamin Disraeli

Freedom from desire leads to inner peace. — Laozi

We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that. — Adam D'Angelo

We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. — David Hackworth

Music is natural law as related to the sense of hearing. — Anton Webern

Yours will be the wings of an eagle's flight, the soaring of a lark, sunward, heavenward, Godward! But you must take time to be holy - in meditation, in prayer, and especially in the use of the Bible. — F.B. Meyer

I quit eating red meat a long time ago. I'm a vegetarian, but not by a moral issue or any kind of stand. I still eat dairy. And I quit eating sugar about the same time I quit eating red meat, but I eat fruit. — Dwight Yoakam

The imaginative leap for me of writing for women is no more difficult than the one of writing for men. I've always wanted to have women well represented in the work that I've done because I've always been around them and around the way they look at the world. — Anthony Minghella

Leadership is no longer defined as "having the right answers," but as an ability to engage others to find the best solutions. — James D. Showkeir

When I read 'Planet Terror,' it was like nothing I had ever read before remotely, and yet it has so many references. — Marley Shelton