Telepanda Quotes & Sayings

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave. — Garth Stein

One of Cezanne's unfinished paintings ... appears to be a completed work even though only a few strokes of paint have been put down. My methods are similar ... I expect each of my paintings to appear whole in every stage. — Christopher Willard

The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one and only. He was one of the greatest Blues players that I ever heard and played with. Nobody can play like Sweets man, nobody! Most of us, musicians, frequently quote Sweets' phrases in our solos. Like Lester Young, Sweets had a big influence on us musicians, especially when we play some Blues. — Ray Brown

Sarah Palin is a great example of someone that just stirs the pot for the sake of the attention. No vision, no critical thinking, no backup to her statements. Just to incite little riots everywhere and capitalize upon it financially. To me, she is a microcosm of the ultimate cynicism in American politics. — Rosanne Cash

Gloom we have always with us, a rank and sturdy weed, but joy requires tending. — Barbara Holland

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today. — Robert Louis Stevenson

She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star. — Kate Morton

If she is given full immunity ... in order to verify that she's telling the truth, which I'm sure she is, I would be happy to submit her to a polygraph examination. Lie detector's not a good word because they can't detect lies. — William H. Ginsburg

Some grown-ups could be so inherently stupid. Try banning homework sometime. You might see those straight A's so many parents long for. — Heather Brewer

As if this was more than she could imagine, Amiee asked, "What about a stove with more than two burners and an oven that actually works?" "All yours," Steve assured her. — Debbie Macomber

If God is male, then the male is God. — Mary Daly

Her work was all she had or wanted. But there were times, like tonight, when she felt that sudden, peculiar emptiness, which was not emptiness, but silence, not despair, but immobility, as if nothing within her were destroyed, but everything stood still. — Ayn Rand

Life is like a field of newly fallen snow.
Where I choose to walk every step will show. — Denis Waitley

There is certainly no single remedy for this condition and I am offering no panacea. But it seems reasonable to believe - and I do believe - that the more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction. — Rachel Carson