Bennest Quotes & Sayings

First I lost Jax, whom I never really had to begin with, and now I was going to lose my friend, the guy who always made me laugh when I needed it the most. — Abbi Glines

Among the Haida Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the verb for "making poetry" is the same as the verb "to breathe."
Such tidbits of ethnic lore delighted Amanda, and she vowed from that time onward she would try to regulate each breath as if she were composing a poem. — Tom Robbins

I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker. — Manmohan Singh

The contraption was necessary because my lungs sucked at being lungs. — John Green

If anyone had said to him, "Would you like to be better off?" he would have replied: "No." If God had said to him: "Would you like heaven itself in exchange?" he would have replied, "I would be the loser. — Victor Hugo

I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box. — Heather O'Rourke

North Korea was (and remains as of this writing in 2009) the last place on earth where virtually everything is grown on collective farms. The state confiscates the entire harvest and then gives a portion back to the farmer. — Barbara Demick

Most people ... are like a falling leaf that drifts and turns in the air, flutters, and falls to the ground. But a few others are like stars which travel one defined path: no wind reaches them, they have within themselves their guide and path. — Hermann Hesse

Fundamentalism is not motivated by fear. It is motivated by conviction. — Curtis A. Chamberlain

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone. — Ken Curtis

If you're going to lose weight, you have to do it by changing your way of thinking about food. It cannot be the highlight of your life. — Jean Nidetch

My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more jazz on the radio, and began looking for records. My paper route money, and later, money I earned working after school in a print shop and a butcher shop went toward buying jazz records. I taught myself the alto saxophone and the drums in order to play in my high school dance band. — Bill Crow