My mom still lives in Denver and some of my brothers are still in the area, so I still have strong ties there.

Love is only half the illusion the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

George Santayana

People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations.

Alexander Herzen

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

George Santayana

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

W. Clement Stone

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

Ibn Gabirol

Among God's creatures two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not to be separated from the man.

Andres Segovia

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

Tadao Ando

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

John Burroughs

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so you apologize for truth.

Benjamin Disraeli

When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.

Anna Deavere Smith

If you think about yourself then you've lost sight of the ball.

Mike Willesee