Cascante Composer Quotes & Sayings

The poem reminds us of what we ourselves know, but did not know we knew; reminds us, above all, of what we are. — Kathleen Raine

What is called zazen is sitting on a zafu [pillow] in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position and without uttering a word, the mind empty of any thought, good or wicked. It is continuing to sit peacefully, facing a wall, and nothing more. Every day. — Taisen Deshimaru

I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me. — Courtney Love

We have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? — Ronald Reagan

Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy? — Erin Morgenstern

I cannot remember what we talked about except that we never stopped talking. — Padma Lakshmi

There's the space that you soar into, the space that you sometimes break through to, and hang in. A sort of gasp or gap. — Selima Hill

I watched as people went to the memorial reading the names. I started at the first entry from 1954. I read each one quietly but out loud to myself, like I'd done with the names of those in the museum. I felt somehow they were getting the message that their sacrifice was known and their voice was heard. — Janelle Gray

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back. — Peter Mandelson

And, as an adult, I tried skiing, and I ended up in tears. — Sutton Foster

Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something. — Rene Descartes

While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake. — Paul Singer

Custer wrote, "I often think I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those of my people adhered to the free open plains rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation, there to be the recipient of the blessed benefits of civilization, with its vices thrown in without stint or measure. — Nathaniel Philbrick