"We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Cooking Quotes #Mind Quotes #Drink Quotes

“For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to music; I'm intending it to not be recited. I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm a poet, and there really isn't a contradiction, at least for me.”

Source : "Breaking into Song: An Interview with Cornelius Eady". Interview with Alexis Orgera, www.anmly.org.
“Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life?”

Source : "News is bad for you - and giving up reading it will make you happier" by Rolf Dobelli, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2013.
“Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.”

Source : Janet Frame (2001). “An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography”, Womens PressLtd
“Softball is the reason Washing Machines and Bleach are so popular. Don't think so? Just ask a softball Mom.”
“Do not waste your time on light, weak, milkÂtoast ministries and books”
“Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race”
“Seasons may change winter to spring, but I love you until the end of time Come what may, come what may, I will love you until my dying day Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace Suddenly my life doesnâ€™t seem such a waste, it all revolves around you. And thereâ€™s no mountain too high no river too wide Sing out this song and Iâ€™ll be there by your side Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide But I love you until the end of time”
“Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun.”

Source : Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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