"The only thing better than one of my songs is one of my songs with a glass of scotch."

-- Jackie Gleason

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“Tightwaddery without creativity is deprivation. When there is a lack of resourcefulness, inventiveness, and innovation, thrift means doing without. When creativity combines with thrift you may be doing it without money, but you are not doing without.”
“I had always suspected that trying to play golf in the company of big-time pros and a gallery would be something like walking naked into choir practice.”

Source : Dan Jenkins (2015). “DOGGED VICTIMS OF INEXORABLE FATE”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“The idea that I would get to see this revival was almost overwhelming. And in the last decade or so, I believe we have seen this revival begin to sweep the earth. We have seen amazing moves of God in Africa Recently, I was in China and met with the underground church. I was told there are at least forty-five million Full Gospel Christians in China. I discovered a depth of prayer and integrity there that I have not felt anywhere else in the world So I believe we are seeing Wigglesworth's prophecy begin to be fulfilled. We are seeing the first stages of it.”
“I always want my guests to be happy and impressed.”
“What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which equally reposed the power to do nothing whatever for us. Indeed, we should accept misfortune not only in thanks, but in infinite gratitude to Providence, which by such means detaches us from an excessive love for Earthly things and elevates our minds to the celestial and divine.”
“I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown; he dropped out in fifth grade to be an entertainer, I respect that... but that's not going to be me. I'm not going to be able to do anything but work as hard as possible all the time and compete with everyone I know all the time to make it.”
“I love how a story can help someone discuss something they otherwise would not.”

Source : "CANNES Q&A: Jennifer Lynch Explores Her Fears in Market Title ‘A Fall From Grace’" by Jay A. Fernandez, www.indiewire.com. May 23, 2012.
“Aeroplanes are not designed by science, but by art in spite of some pretence and humbug to the contrary. I do not mean to suggest that engineering can do without science, on the contrary, it stands on scientific foundations, but there is a big gap between scientific research and the engineering product which has to be bridged by the art of the engineer.”

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