Damrosch Bandshell Quotes & Sayings

Most things are both true and absurd. — Derek B. Miller

Words are our servants, not our masters. — Richard Dawkins

Men of gravity are intellectual stammerers, whose thoughts move slowly. — William Hazlitt

The process of dying begins with the dissolution of the elements within the body. It has eight stages, beginning with the dissolution of the earth element, then the water, fire and windelements. The color: appearance of a white vision, increase of the red element, black near-attainment, and finally the clear light of death. — Dalai Lama

The people who have nothing to lock up are the happy ones, aren't they? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes. — Brad Bird

Their perpetual readiness for play is endearing, and their willingness to forgive deception time after time is one of the key differences between the heart of a dog and the human heart. Trixie — Dean Koontz

The megaselling books by celebrities are not so much books as products. — John Berendt

People put too much emphasis, too many demands, on courage, and they all put their own standards on it anyway — Nora Roberts

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect. — Tom Hodgkinson

Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, they didn't write everything they recorded, and they've had major, major careers. I think it's all about the best song. — Jake Owen

In my twenties, I was determined to change the world. In my thirties, I tried to transform the church. In my early forties, I discovered I was the problem. — Jeff Iorg

For me, inspiration isn't a sort of spark which lights the fire of the story. It's more like a thread, one of many, which you can tease out of a story once it's written, if you feel so inclined. — Michelle Paver

O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations. — Saint Boniface

The Kurdish minority has been cozying up to the Iranians and given the traditional hatred between the Iranians and the Iraqis, maybe Saddam Hussein sees this as a threat to his dominance of the Kurdish area north of the 36th Parallel. — William Taylor