"The cyber world is sort of the Wild, Wild West, and to some degree, we're asked to be the sheriff."

-- Barack Obama

#Degrees Quotes #World Quotes #West Quotes

“I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!”
“Every American wants MORE & MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more & more dead matter, machinery, possessions & rugs & fact information at the expense of what really counts as more: feeling, good feeling, sex feeling, tenderness feeling, mutual feeling. You own twice as much rug if you're twice as aware of the rug.”
“The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.”

Source : John Rousmaniere (1988). “The sailing lifestyle: a guide to sailing and crusing for pleasure”, Fireside
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer.”
“As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey.”
“I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore.”
“Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.”

Source : "Hans Hofmann: With Selected Writings by the Artist". Book by William Chapin Seitz, p. 15, 1963.

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