Replant Orchids Quotes & Sayings

What happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940's that was supposed to be somehow representative of black American life, and I didn't have any women in there. And I knew that wasn't going to work. — August Wilson

Not every classic book was the best thing ever. Each book has flaws, and it's up to writers to change things. — Tim Holtorf

Virtue, though often mocked and ridiculed, is as beautiful as wickedness is ugly. Self-denial curiously spawns joyful happiness, while selfishness and arrogance produce desperation and obsession. Being faithful to duty brings great fulfillment, while following unchecked passions eventually leads us to despise ourselves. And the greatest truth of all: There is no higher end, no more glorious life, no better aim, than to live in the fear and favor of Almighty God. — Gary L. Thomas

We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it is an anti-systemic experience that is not in some cases politicized, but in general results in a much more transgressive, much more uncomfortable music for the structures of power, than conscious rap or political rap. — Bocafloja

It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once. — Leonard Bernstein

War to me is the stupidest way of settling anything. The whole damn thing goes to pieces. — Frank Capra

Reaction isn't action - that is, it isn't truly creative. — Elizabeth Janeway

Every journey we take requires a good pair of wellingtons because there are some thorns and puddles along the way. — Euginia Herlihy

And besides, I'm so in Dutch with my neighbors here that I thought that was better than getting them all upset with what might be a fake bomb scare where they'd have to clear out the whole neighborhood. — Ernst Zundel

George Brett could roll out of bed on Christmas morning and hit a line drive. — John Schuerholz

Take up the weapons of the glorious army for the salvation of many thousands. — Adela Of Normandy

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out. — Jo Brand