Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn’t attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool. Winnie Harlow Read Quote
There is such a suspicion in today’s world of people who do more than one thing, who aren’t specialized. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
It’s fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There’s something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals. Eddie Vedder Read Quote
I was busy enough when I was just a musician. I wasn’t making all that much money but I was busy. Scatman Crothers Read Quote
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. Gregory Bateson Read Quote
Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. William Alexander Read Quote
A lasting marriage, they say, is one where the two reach for different sections of the Sunday paper. Me, I go right for the obituaries, just like those very elderly characters in Muriel Spark’s spooky novel, ‘Memento Mori.’ Billy Collins Read Quote
Toughing out the winter is a dedication to my heritage, both in terms of not going ‘soft’ by kowtowing to nature’s volatility and staying physically close to my family in New England. I don’t run from that kind of pressure. Josh Gondelman Read Quote
We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged. Sam Houston Read Quote
