Poffenberger Scholarship Quotes & Sayings

Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn't play like any of them, though ... — B.B. King

For the loot, honey, for the loot. — Ava Gardner

I have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet. — Alex Trebek

He never raised a hand to us. He always said that inflicting pain, even as a last resort, was a sign that intelligence had been exhausted. He said smacking just passed on violence as an inheritance. But he was not soft with his words; when he called you to order, it pulled you up sharp. It wasn't just a case of not teaching children to hit out. He believed the far more important lesson for the child was to realise that there are always words. However bad a child's behaviour, there were always more words; the time to stop talking was never a point he would reach. — Christian Cook

I can sing; I can hold a tune. — Brandon Adams

If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want. — Thomas J. Vilord

The world is too much with us. — William Wordsworth