"Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record."

-- John Shelton Reed

#Southern Quotes #Historical Quotes #Flags Quotes

“Every man and woman who has talent and hides it will be called a slothful servant. Improve day by day upon the capital you have. In proportion as we are capacitated to receive, so it is our duty to do.”
“I like comedy as a group sport.”
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.”
“Iâ€™d been staying at the Holiday Inn with my girlfriend, honestly the most beautiful woman Iâ€™d even known, for three days under a phony name, shooting heroin. We made love in the bed, ate steaks at the restaurant, shot up in the john, puked, cried, accused one another, begged of one another, forgave, promised, and carried one another to heaven.”
“Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the next.”
“Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.”
“Unfortunately, Congress is protecting the profits of those opposed to protecting the planet.”
“A Composer who hears sounds will try to find a notation for sounds. One who has ideas will find one that expresses his ideas, leaving their interpretation free, in confidence that his ideas have been accurately and concisely notated.”

Source : Cornelius Cardew, Richard Barrett (2006). “Cornelius Cardew: A Reader”

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