"I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things."

-- Tori Amos

#Art Quotes #Book Quotes #People Quotes

“Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home run. The base hits and the home runs pay for all the strikeouts”
“The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.”
“The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom”
“Jeff Foxworthy is a legend. Every time I see his moustache it reminds me to wax my lip and every time I hear his jokes it reminds me to wipe my ass.”
“I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.”
“My son is not that emotional. He thought my trip to India is just another conference, But when he hearing about my visit on TV, he too got moved.”
“We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.”
“You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy.”

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