"My neighbor Alice Pierce is fond of singing folk music to her garden plants. Thinks it makes them grow or something. The Major had often wondered how a wailing rendition of 'Greensleeves' would encourage greater raspberry production but Alice insisted that it worked far better than chemical fertilizers, and she did produce several kinds of fruit in pie-worthy quantitites. No sense of pitch, but plenty of enthusiasm, he added."

-- Helen Simonson

#Music Quotes #Garden Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!”
“In loving memory from the Family.”
“The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.”
“Even though you're not by me side, Night, you will forever be my first man, my Zettai Kareshi”
“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”

Source : Quoted in Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 1989
“If you can't get what you want, you end up doing something else, just to get some relief. Just to keep from going crazy. Because when you're sad enough, you look for ways to fill you up.”
“If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules”
“The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.”

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