"What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do."

-- Yo-Yo Ma

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Age Quotes

“Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.”
“They've been changing the cry from "global warming" to "climate change" because there's so little evidence there's actually any warming going on. I believe that as little as a decade from now, global warming will be recognized as one of the greatest swindles in world history. It has so little scientific basis, it can only rationally be considered a political scam.”

Source : "Doug Casey on Global Warming". Interview with Louis James, www.caseyresearch.com. October 7, 2009.
“I have to admit that business-type thoughts do sneak into my head: I hope our customers pay us, I hope this stuff is decent, I hope we get it done on time. The little additions and subtractions that one has to do. Take sales, take costs and try to get that big positive number at the bottom.”
“As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.”
“[Answering the question 'If you had caused the end of the world, what would you do?'] I would try to fix it. I would go to bed on time and brush my teeth.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I use every opportunity, whether on my radio show or on television, to break stereotypes.”
“Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost.”

Source : Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press
“On The New Normal the thing I was probably more proud of than anything else is that we were just trying to put positive energy out there in the world, and we got to do it for one season and that's more than most.”

Source : "‘The New Normal’ Star Justin Bartha Talks About The Show’s Cancelation" By Gustavo Heredia, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 13, 2013.

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