Yardbird Quotes & Sayings

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people. — Carter Burwell

The future of desegregation was not just about reaching mere numerical diversity. It was about fostering radical diversity, the wild protean sort. It was about what might flower when people could really meet across the lines. The cover of the fifth volume of the Yardbird Reader, rendered in day-bright Oakland A's yellow and green, featured the collective caught as they laughed at someone's wisecrack. They looked simultaneously hip and welcoming. In this colorized vision of American renewal, everyone could share in the joy. — Jeff Chang

When someone you know you love so much but treat you dishonorably what can you do? — Martellis Thurmand

The first time I ever thought about doing a film seriously, I was in London. I was about 17 years old. I was just standing in the street, a bit dazzled by an Antonioni bus wipe, which by the way are inherent in London, and I imagined a film set in London starting out with the riff from The Yardbird's "Heart Full of Soul", and now, how ever many years later, I've done it. — William Monahan

Our poisoned hearts must be cured. And the most difficult battle to be won against the enemy in the future must be fought within ourselves, with an exceptional effort that will transform our appetite for hatred into a desire for justice. — Albert Camus

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct. — Vivienne Westwood

I'm sure my agents would like me to play leading roles, and I guess I should, but I'm more interested in the character parts. They're more fun, challenging and interesting. — Lucy Punch

We're supposed to lose our friends to time, at an age when we're ready to agree to the terms of having lived a long life. Not now. — John Mayer

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability. — Abby Sunderland

I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve. — George Bernard Shaw

The more the planners, the worse the plans. — Anthony Eden