"Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?"

“At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.”

Source : Allen Johnson, Edward Samuel Corwin (1926). “The age of Jefferson and Marshall: Part 1: Jefferson and his colleagues, by Allen Johnson. Part 2: John Marshall and the Constitution, by Edward S. Crowin”

“Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.”

“The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.”

“I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up.”

Source : "George Benson Interview From The Noise11.com Archives". Interview with Paul Cashmere, www.noise11.com. April 23, 2016.

“It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway.”

“While even ***** is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.”

“Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with.”

“John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history.”