"Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God's mouth, each other out of the music from God's heart."

-- Maya Angelou

#Heart Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes

“That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you about it.”

Source : John Burnside (2010). “Glister”, p.21, Random House
“More than 95 percent of both legal and illegal immigration into the United States is non-white. Because of the way immigration law is structured, the highest-skilled nations on earth - those of Europe - are allowed only a tiny percentage of immigrants, while the third world nations such as Mexico are dumping their chaff onto American shores at the highest rate in history.”
“You know what Gordie Howe got for a signing bonus? A team jacket!”

Source : "Fictional character: Murray Chadwick". "Youngblood", www.imdb.com. January 31, 1986.
“Iâ€™ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.”
“Or even tell me it's because you could not live without The Boy's stunning Boyfruits for another night..." Sam's face was twisted into a weird shape at the mention of his Boyfruits.”
“For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.”
“It was a fortunate moment in history that I happened to be in. There was a confluence of the internet and all this other stuff that I was able to capitalize on.”

Source : "Discovering Jeff Vespa". Interview with Jena Malone, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 14, 2014.
“I don't believe there's a reason for everything, and having faith doesn't mean I'm blind. I believe people make poor choices. I believe bad things happen to good people. I believe there's evil in the word that I will never understand, but will never stop fighting.”

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