"There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s and '60s and they bring their sons and their daughters to hear the songs they heard when they were young."

-- George Thorogood

#Mother Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Song Quotes

“Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.”

Source : "Genesis". Book by Bernard Beckett, www.npr.org. 2006.
“I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.”

Source : Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. August 15, 2012.
“What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are in your plan. We have to live with the historical record as it is, like it or not.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.”
“People thought it was asinine for me to change my swing after I won the Masters by 12 shots. ... Why would you want to change that? Well, I thought I could become better. If I play my best, I'm pretty tough to beat. I'd like to play my best more frequently, and that's the whole idea. That's why you make changes. I thought I could become more consistent.”
“First, the three of us holed up in winter in a cabin and took the 500 hours down to twelve hours. Then we found an editor, Lambis Haralambidis. He took that twelve hours and brought it to five. Then we get together and started taking the ax and chopping off different parts of our film.”
“Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.”
“To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.”

Source : Max Beerbohm (2015). “The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm”, p.71, New York Review of Books

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