Tmnt 2012 April Quotes & Sayings

The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works. — Pat Metheny

Even in childhood I watched the hours flow, independent of any reference, any action, any event, the disjunction of time from what was not itself, its autonomous existence, its special status, its empire, its tyranny. I remember quite clearly that afternoon when, for the first time, confronting the empty universe, I was no more than a passage of moments reluctant to go on playing their proper parts. Time was coming unstuck from being - at my expense. — Emil M. Cioran

Being surrounded by nature and animals always kept me grounded and happy. — Alison Eastwood

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life. — Auguste Rodin

It just takes one awful second, I often think, and an entire epoch passes — W.G. Sebald

It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America. — Paul Begala

We have grown accustomed to thinking of our democracy as a good thing, and it surprises us to learn that the founding fathers of our nation were deeply suspicious of democracy and tried to place whatever restraints on it they could. They established a constitutional republic, not a democracy, and it is a sign of our current ignorance that we do not even know the difference between the two. This — Douglas Wilson

I like routine. It enables me to improvise. — James Nares

The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life. — John Calvin

You are sweetness and light. Human cotton candy. — Myra McEntire

The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience. — Orhan Pamuk

If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel. — K.P. Yohannan

As a rich man, when you mock the poor you fail the test of wealth. — Felix Wantang