Music

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.
~Suzanne Farrell

Husbands

Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
~Zsa Zsa Gabor

Guns

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ~James Baldwin

History

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history. ~Sting

Better Life

If you're a good person and you do good things and don't think negative thoughts about other people, you actually lead a much better life. ~Gurinder Chadha

Be Constructive

I've studied all my musical life, but learning is only good if you do something constructive with it. ~Tony Williams

Leaves of Autumn

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. ~John Muir

Drown the Pain

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior. ~Frida Kahlo

Good Sex

Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. ~Mae West

Ultimate Mystery

The ultimate mystery is one's own self. ~Sammy Davis, Jr.

Pain - Truth

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier. ~Barbara Kingsolver

Light

For every dark night, there's a brighter day ~Tupac Shakur

With One

The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one. ~Joan Baez

Feeding Ourselves

I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America - we can feed ourselves.
~George W Bush

Impossible?

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
~Robert H. Goddard

Nurture

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
~Virginia Satir

Delicate Strength

True strength is delicate. ~Louise Nevelson

Drama

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. ~Alfred Hitchcock

Cherished

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom. ~Alice Walker

Disruption

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world. ~Mother Teresa

What Not

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
~Dizzy Gillespie

Line Shift

Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions.
~Terry Gross

Dragon Sleep

Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.
~Zen Proverb