'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

William Shakespeare

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.

Thomas Jefferson

When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.

Rachel Stevens

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

William James

Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.

Fred G. Gosman

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently

Friedrich Nietzsche

If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom.

Nigel Farage

I could not accept the academic idea that the purpose of music was communication, because I noticed that when I conscientiously wrote something sad, people and critics were often apt to laugh. I determined to give up composition unless I could find a better reason for doing it than communication. I found this answer from Gira Sarabhai, an Indian singer and tabla player: The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences. I also found in the writings of Ananda K. Coomaraswammy that the responsibility of the artist is to imitate nature in her manner of operation. I became less disturbed and went back to work.http://www.newalbion.com/artists/cagej/autobiog.html

John Milton Cage, An Autobiograp

Niemand kann euch etwas eröffnen, das nicht schon im Dämmern eures Wissens schlummert.

Kahlil Gibran

You are male by birth, but men by choice.

Orlando Gober

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

John Ciardi

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Plato