Friday, September 29, 2006

Music


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

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Husbands


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

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Guns


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

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

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

Monday, September 25, 2006

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

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Be Constructive


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

Friday, September 22, 2006

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

Thursday, September 21, 2006

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

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

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

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Ultimate Mystery


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

Monday, September 18, 2006

Pain - Truth


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

Friday, September 15, 2006

Light


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

Thursday, September 14, 2006

With One


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

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

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

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

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

Monday, September 11, 2006

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

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Friday, September 08, 2006

Drama


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

Thursday, September 07, 2006

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

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

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

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

What Not


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

Saturday, September 02, 2006

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

Friday, September 01, 2006

Dragon Sleep


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