"My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well-known blues musicians."

-- Walter Becker

#Player Quotes #People Quotes #Rock N Roll Quotes

“To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.”
“Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but, to the non-sucker, not exactly the same thing.”

Source : Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.8, Random House
“Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.”
“From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.”

Source : "Can Video Games Alter Society.. in a Good Way?" by Tom Chatfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2013.
“Every football coach worries about every football game.”

Source : Source: www.cyinterview.com
“What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.”
“Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.”
“Existence is not itself a good thing, that we should spend a lifetime securing its necessaries: a life spent, however victoriously, in securing the necessaries of life is no more than an elaborate furnishing and decoration of apartments for the reception of a guest who is never to come. Our business here is not to live, but to live happily.”

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