"From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody Ive ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me."

-- Edgar Meyer

#Father Quotes #Player Quotes #Bass Quotes

“The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.”

Source : The Decline and Fall of Science Aphorisms (p. 1)
“Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, don't be upset when others decide you're an asshole.”
“There are a lot of places in the world I'd like to visit, like Laos, but I don't know whether I'll ever make it there. I'd love to go to Laos and Kazakhstan and some other places I wouldn't feel comfortable traveling to alone. But I haven't found anyone to go with me yet.”

Source : Source: www.theskanner.com
“Do you know what Christianity is? We believe your religion [Judaism], but you [Jews] have to obey.”
“I have to tell you, though, the sexism in late night talk is so profound.”

Source : "The PW Interview: Kathy Griffin". Interview with Rachel Deahl, www.publishersweekly.com. September 10, 2009.
“I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more.”
“The end of the world started when a pegasus landed on the hood of my car”
“The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with. It felt like losing your co-rememberer meant losing the memory itself, as if the things we'd done were less real and important than they had been hours before.”

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