Dioum Baskets Quotes & Sayings

I was exposed to jazz early on. — Mark White

I think people just think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I'm one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff. — Bobby Lee

Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place. — Juhani Pallasmaa

I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I was not really into trained voices. Some of the greatest singers can transcend their technical perfection and still sound great. — Ira Kaplan

People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy. — Rene Redzepi

I learned something that day: there may be worse things than arriving somewhere with your dog and leaving without him, but there aren't many. — John Connolly

Every day our life was full of thoughts of the horrible present, and even our own death. — Diane Ackerman

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option. — Jodie Foster

The way people behave depends on the basic moral tests and norms in a society. Naturally, the Khmer Rouge, Al-Qaeda terrorists, respectable middle-class Europeans, and, say, members of the Komosol in the 1930's, would behave quite differently in identical situations. But that wouldn't change the essential point. The ration of altruists and egoists, even among Benedictine monks and members of the Gestapo, is the same. It's just that their altruism and egotism are expressed differently. — Sergei Lukyanenko

Mr. Lehrer's muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste. — The New York Times

If you eat food or produce, you should take into account where that food comes from. — Eva Longoria

The HAPPIEST people don't have the BEST of everything ... They just drink WINE. — Tanya Masse

Years ago, when I first started wearing hair extensions, I would get mail from young girls, or young girls would come up to me and they would say, 'Tyra you have the most beautiful hair, like I could never grow hair like that!' And I would say 'Child, this is a weave!' — Tyra Banks

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free. — Alexander Hamilton

You can tell thru-hikers when you see them on the trail. Though they come in many flavors, they all have a knowledge that cannot be achieved through scholarship but shows in their eyes and their stance and their weary smile. It is a knowledge that cannot find a person through windshields or sunglasses, or the barriers of fresh clothing and fragrance that surround us everyday. — Tanner Critz