Wall Watchers Quotes & Sayings

There are many fans of hard rock music that have been wrongly pigeonholed as apathetic. This music is not music for the elitist coffeehouse culture in SoHo. It' s rock 'n' roll music for kids across the land, and I think that makes it much more subversive in a way, in that it has the form and the function of a powerful, populist music, but it can carry very incendiary messages. — Tom Morello

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. — William Wordsworth

[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon. — Gore Vidal

There is a direness in the construction of safety, in the telling of theretofore untold stories. — Carrie Brownstein

Various stars. Various kings.
Various sunsets, signs, cursory insights.
Many minute attentions, many knowledgeable watchers,
Much cold, much overbearing darkness.

Various long midwinter Glooms.
Various Solitary and Terrible Stars.
Many Frosty Nights, many previously Unseen Sky-flowers.
Many people setting out (some of them kings) all clutching at stars.

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Various people coming home (some of them kings). Various headlights.
Two or three children standing or sitting on the low wall.
Various winds, the Sea Wind, the sound-laden Winds of Evening
Blowing the stars toward them, bringing snow. — Alice Oswald

In order to help children make the most of their education, parents must begin to relinquish control and focus on three goals: embracing opportunities to fail, finding ways to learn from that failure, and creating positive home-school relationships. — Jessica Lahey

When you wrote a song way back in the day, you were writing material to play live. And you would buy the CD at the shows if you like the show. You may not listen to the CD, you might just throw it in the back of your car and let it warp in the sun. The main thing was you saw the song at the show. — Travis Morrison

That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.] — Christopher Paolini

What you eat affects you physically as well as other beings you share this planet with. — Sharon Gannon

I'll put an end to the idea that a woman's body belongs to her ... the practice of abortion shall be exterminated with a strong hand. — Adolf Hitler

Your doubts do nothing than pouring cold water on your enviable dreams. Just keep doubts away from you and you will not dilute your success story! — Israelmore Ayivor

Communism is fascism, in all practical applications," he was saying now. "Can you think of a Communist country sans dictator? — Sara Novic

Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,
And sweet thyme true,
Primrose, first born child of Ver,
Merry Spring-time's harbinger. — Francis Beaumont

Preparing to live your dream is postponing it. You are either living it, or not. — Alan Cohen

My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings. — Corey Feldman