"Reminding is the essence of organizing."

-- Fred Ross

#Essence Quotes

“And I thought maybe I didn't need to worry about my heart anymore because it had stopped beating a couple of seconds earlier, and I was still sitting there living and breathing-though admittedly I wasn't feeling much of anything.”
“This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future.”
“No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet.”
“Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him.”
“At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it.”
“Sex is a slotmachine.”
“Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure”
“If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it.”

Source : "Who's your homeboy? To devotees of The Used, Bert McCracken is a higher power". Home News Tribune, p. E4, November 5, 2004.

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