"I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy."

“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude!”

Source : "Erica Rivera Interviews The Cake Boss". Interview with Erica Rivera, www.ericarivera.net. November 9, 2011.

“When you are present, your mind is silent. Free of opinions, concepts and beliefs and free of projections from the past and anxiety about the future, it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. And the expression comes from the center of your Being.”

“I write mostly positive reviews. I don't write about places that don't interest me.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com

“And for just a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.”

“Painters tend to ignore the challenges and thrills that sculptors enjoy daily - volume... like the perfect, imperfect voluminous oval of the egg.”

“Blogging has helped create an expanded awareness of the creative nonfiction genre, generally. But I suspect many bloggers continue to be unaware that they are (or have the potential to be) "literary" or "artful."”

Source : Source: www.luxlotus.com

“That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.”