I write most of my songs to beats. I play around on guitar, but not enough to where I can compose my own stuff or play solos. I can accompany myself ’cause most songs are, like, four chords. Kehlani Read Quote
Why do I write? I have been called a writer of catastrophes, but that isn’t true. I am always looking for words of love. Hate will not save us. Only love. Svetlana Alexievich Read Quote
Fires and floods, we’re hardwired to accept them or at least file them under Bad Things Happening. But there’s something so abstract and so modern about a bank making a technical mistake about how it funded its obligations to depositors, and suddenly you’re out of work. John Lanchester Read Quote
American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking. Os Guinness Read Quote
I’m going to miss shots. I’m going to make plenty of mistakes. It’s not going to be perfect. Iman Shumpert Read Quote
A presidential candidate changing churches is hardly unusual. Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Rand Paul have all aligned themselves with different faiths throughout their lives. Michelle Dean Read Quote
Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors. Irving Langmuir Read Quote
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary. Emmanuel Teney Read Quote