"The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one of the few who can easily be mentioned with Stravinsky, Picasso and Joyce. His life was the embodiment of one who moves from rags to riches, from anonymity to internationally imitated innovator. Louis Daniel Armstrong supplied revolutionary language that took on such pervasiveness that it became commonplace, like the light bulb, the airplane, the telephone."

-- Stanley Crouch

#Moving Quotes #Airplane Quotes #Light Quotes

“Although I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment I got here and I never stopped.”

Source : Source: classic.esquire.com
“In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of things we can show in other countries. We didn't get to show our naked Twister game from Wild On Jamaica, but we definitely filmed it.”
“I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.”

Source : "Malin Akerman Exclusive Interview HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE". Press day, collider.com. March 2, 2011.
“It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again”
“I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I'm pretty!”

Source : "Kristen Taekman Takes Full Credit For Her 'Phony' Tagline". Interview with April Walloga, gotham-magazine.com. April 17, 2014.
“It's not about supplication, it's about power. It's not about asking, it's about demanding. It's not about convincing those who are currently in power, it's about changing the very face of power itself.”
“Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.”

Source : William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.554

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