For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog. Anne Lamott Read Quote
I’m well past the age where I’m acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You’re not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you’re not going to get played on radio and you’re not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth. David Bowie Read Quote
You’d think I’d have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it’s an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight. Kenny Chesney Read Quote
I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me. Anne Heche Read Quote
The caddies are so overlooked out here, and I remember the tough times I had making ends meet when I used to carry the bag. Chi Chi Rodriguez Read Quote
Compensation needs to be predominately performance-driven. If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM’s case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn’t make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn’t make millions of dollars. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Read Quote
People always ask what my inspiration is, and it’s never something that’s easily explained. Cynthia Rowley Read Quote
Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes. Nancy Gibbs Read Quote
