“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man” MenShouldFirstsMeanMomentsFormSpiritNextForeverPiecesTreeStyleDesignObjectsProduceUniversalFunctionUnionsMeetingsEdgesWoodsRelateAppealsEvolveBoardsInvitesGrainFurnitureLive ForeverReceptiveDiscardedTransitoryCraftsmanSuccess Or FailureTree Of LifeArtisansWoodworking Author:George Nakashima
“In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way.” WayWritingTryingFeelingsPoliticalSongLostOne ThingAbout FamilyFeeling Lost Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“In the deep jungles of Africa, a traveler was making a long trek. Coolies had been engaged from a tribe to carry the loads. The first day they marched rapidly and went far. The traveler had high hopes of a speedy journey. But the second morning these jungle tribesmen refused to move. For some strange reason they just sat and rested. On inquiry as to the reason for this strange behavior, the traveler was informed that they had gone too fast the first day, and that they were now waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies.” FirstsLongSoulReasonBodyMovingWaitingMorningGoneJourneyStrangeBehaviorSatEngagedLoadTravelerTribesInquiryJungle Author:Lettie Cowman
“The ability to communicate is critical- clearly, frankly, and often.” AbilityCommunicateCriticalAbility To Communicate Author:James D. Robinson III
“You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything You've got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string” MenFallStringsPuppetsStand For Something Author:Aaron Tippin
“The only things that are immortal in this world are government programs and cancer cells in petri dishes.” WorldGovernmentThis WorldProgramCancerCellsImmortalDishesGovernment Programs Author:Jim Babka
“An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and squeezing them out on paper.” WalkingPaperImpressionVacationDesksSpongesSaturatedSqueezing Book:Leave Her to Heaven Source: Leave Her to Heaven
“When you are reading a book and you finish a chapter, you don’t keep re-reading the chapter you just finished. You move on to the next chapter to see what happens.” BookHappensMovingReadingNextFinishedChaptersNext Chapter Author:Stephen Reid
“Prison is, simply put, the bottom rung of the welfare ladder.” PrisonBottomWelfareLadders Author:Stephen Reid
“The edge of the world is always the next step when you're blind.” WorldNextStepsBlindEdgesNext StepsEdge Of The World Book:Cockeyed Source: Cockeyed