We have all heard of these things before. The love letter arriving as the teacup falls. The guitar striking up as the last breath sounds out. I don’t attribute it to God or to sentiment. Perhaps it’s a chance. Or perhaps chance is just another way to try to convince ourselves that we are valuable (Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin)
In 1789 the French rebelled and found an emperor. The Americans found their freedom from the British and enslaved the Africans. The Arab Spring bloomed and the military and the jihadists seized power. The internet gave us all the power of speech, and what did we discover? That victory goes to he who shouts the loudest, and that reason does not sell (Claire North, The Sudden Appearance of Hope)
Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die (Bernie S. Siegel)
When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It’s different than bringing something in by yourself (Albert Hammond, Jr.)
I’m just a notch on your bedpost but you’re just a line in a song (Fall Out Boy, Fall Out Boy: From Under the Cork Tree)
I’m sorry. I can’t serve him that item,” the waitress said, only somewhat surprising her since she had a pretty good idea why.”Why not?” she found herself asking anyway out of curiosity to see if she was right.*** “Because he’s a Bradford,” the woman explained with a shrug (R.L. Mathewson, Perfection)
I will come during the spring with blooms of mystic ecstasy.I will vanish in the song of autumn with the falling colors and beauty (Debasish Mridha)
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government (Mackenzie King)
I don’t take on projects that are a hassle or when someone comes in and says, ‘We really need this design,’ and I’m like, ‘OK, fine, I’ll do it.’ It really has to be something that I personally feel intrigued and excited about – any product, as long as I’m excited by it. It doesn’t have to be a car. (Henrik Fisker)
The world is not going to stop whether you become ‘emotional’ or whether you don’t become ‘emotional’. The burden on one’s head comes from becoming ‘emotional’. Otherwise, the world continues to run, it will never stand still. (Dada Bhagwan)