I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

Stephen King

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Rene Descartes

Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health.

George Bernard Shaw

Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food.

Khaled Hosseini

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Charles Montesquieu

Thrown like a star in my vast sleep I open my eyes to take a peep To find that I was by the sea Gazing with tranquillity. 'Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Came singing songs of love...

Donovan

A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt since they had nothing better to do. The Christmas syndrome.

Jean Baudrillard

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

Allen Klein

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

Carl Levin

The word is control. That's my ultimate -- to have control.

Nick Faldo

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?

Alice Walker, The Color Purple,

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Plato