"Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera."

-- Jacqueline Novogratz

#Writing Quotes #Opera Quotes #Philanthropy Quotes

“Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat and when you die you're just as graveyard dead as he is.”

Source : "Louis Armstrong - The Reluctant Millionaire". "Ebony" Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1, November 1964.
“Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of discovery from the preschool age on, throughout life?”
“Trance had become a dirty word. Thanks to Ian Van Dahl, Lasgo, Flip 'N' Fill and DJ Sammy, a generation of kids has grown up thinking trance is the shittiest music since country and western.”
“I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.”

Source : "Brooklyn Decker is everywhere before movies' debut". Interview with Samantha Critchell, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. May 17, 2012.
“The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums; the drummer keeps going - he can't afford to stop.”
“When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.”

Source : Song: The Long Arm of the Law, Album: Transverse City
“Young people, if you honor your fathers, you will love them, respect them, confide in them, be considerate of them, express appreciation for them, and demonstrate all of these things by following their counsel in righteousness and by obeying the commandments of God.”
“Honest men love women; those who deceive them adore them.”

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