Brisking Quotes & Sayings

Life is for the living. — Thomas Grant Bruso

It is through education that all the good in the world arises. — Immanuel Kant

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it. — Ethan Zuckerman

While I don't read the same thing every day, you know, tonight I am reading some of the speeches of the early unionist fathers." "Why ever would anyone want to do that?" "I don't know. I don't even know if I want to read them. I'm just reading them. — Anonymous

We can see the mind as a lotus. Some lotuses are still stuck in the mud, some have climbed above the mud but are still underwater, some have reached the surface, while others are open in the sun, stain-free. Which lotus do you choose to be? If you find yourself below the surface, watch out for the bites of fishes and turtles. — Ajahn Chah

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head. — Steve Vai

I think I come under the singer/songwriter badge. I've always written songs right from the very beginning. Because of my style of playing people tend of me more of a guitar player than a singer sometimes. — Bert Jansch