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“If it is true, as used to be said, that oversalting means the cook is in love, at least one cook at Le Cirque must be head over heels.”
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“People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song.”
Source : "Brandi Carlile on Her New Live Album, Admiration for Elton John and Thoughts on Lady Gaga". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 2, 2011.
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“Human imagination is not simply our means of reaching out to God but God's means of manifesting himself to us.”
Source : Christian Wiman (2013). “My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer”, p.51, Macmillan
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“President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream.”
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“Clichés so often befall vain people.”
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“Sometimes, the only way to learn something really well is to revert to the state of mind of a novice and reawaken to the raw observations that you have accumulated instead of relying on the conclusions you have reached from the exogenous premises absorbed through teaching and bookish learning.”
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“Hey, every once in awhile the secondary form works better than the original but it's certainly a rarity.”
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“Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned.”