Merlefest 2019 Quotes & Sayings

Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him. — Nikolai Gogol

Remain assiduously stubborn with your positive thinking, sooner or later the world around you will give up and let you have your way — Carl Henegan

Stand out. Dare to deliver what's in your heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I was the ref. I was the ref they didn't know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no one to win — Roddy Doyle

You cannot protect your solitude if you cannot make yourself odious. — Emile M. Cioran

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end. — Chief Joseph

I'm not making a problem out of a personal question; I make of a personal question an absence of a problem. — Michel Foucault

Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt. — Alex North