Syncopators Quotes & Sayings

There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe ... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here. — Mark Twain

The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous that others should think us still better than we think ourselves. To praise us for actions or dispositions which deserve praise is not to confer a benefit, but to pay a tribute. We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable, and which we are desirous to strengthen by a new suffrage; we have always hopes which we suspect to be fallacious, and of which we eagerly snatch at every confirmation. — Samuel Johnson

What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I can identify that from reading the script, then I've got a clear idea of whether or not I think the character is worth playing. — Harrison Ford

So whatever you want to do, just do it ... Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential. — Gloria Steinem

Because the good old rule Sufficeth them,-the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. — William Wordsworth

Why would I want to be President of the United States? I'm the King of Disneyland. — Walt Disney Company

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet.
It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there -
buried under the 50,000 thoughts
the average person thinks every day — Deepak Chopra

I think only bookworms understand the kind of power stories can have on a person — Cassie Mae

We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occurring simultaneously. — Grace Lee Boggs