“This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.” Quote by Ray Nagin
“It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.” YearsGuyCitiesFiveNew YorkFairsHolesFixedFive YearsNew York City Author:Ray Nagin
“The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.” YearsEarthNextLevelsExistenceSeaFeetIncreaseAddNew OrleansTemperature Author:Ray Nagin
“I look around at all the girl singers, and I think they're all my children... and they're all going to do this... And, yes, maybe I inspired them because I did get through a lot, and I did have the same problems that they're going to have. You do have to give up a lot for it.” ThinkingGivingLooksChildrenProblemGirlGiving UpInspiredSingersMy Children Author:Stevie Nicks
“Lindsey [Buckingham] and I went up to Aspen and we went to somebody's incredible house and they had a piano and I had my guitar with me and I went in their living room, looking out over the incredible Aspen sky and I wrote 'Landslide.'” HouseRoomsSkyGuitarIncrediblesPianoLiving RoomLandslidesAspens Author:Stevie Nicks
“That's the words: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" - which is a clothing store in downtown San Francisco, where Janis Joplin got her clothes, and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, it was this little hole in the wall, amazing, beautiful stuff - "back to the floor that I love, to a room with some lace and paper flowers, back to the gypsy that I was."” LittlesBeautifulStuffRoomsGraceFlowerWallPaperClothesStoresHolesClothingsAirplaneSan FranciscoGypsyVelvetDowntownLaceSlickI'm BackVelvet UndergroundAmazing BeautifulPaper Flowers Author:Stevie Nicks
“I'm going to spend my life writing poems, turning them into music that will affect people and touch their hearts. I'm going to write the songs that people can't write for themselves.” PeopleWritingHeartSongWriting Poems Author:Stevie Nicks
“I have long been alarmed by people's sheeplike acceptance of the term 'computer technology' - it sounds so objective and inexorable - when most computer technology is really a bunch of ideas turned into conventions and packages.” PeopleLongIdeasSoundTermTechnologyAcceptanceComputerBunchObjectivesConventionsPackagesInexorableComputer Technology Author:Ted Nelson
“I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.” IfsWorldSocialGrowsNumbersGroupsParticularMetsLuckyDemandDiseaseIncreaseWorkersRoundsVariousProfessionProportionHaltUnemployedSubwayProfessionalismPresent DayConductorSocial WorkerRigidityOligarchyIrrelevanceBricklayers Author:Ted Nelson
“Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV). This drastically reduces the sort of growth some people have been expecting.” PeopleIfsHas BeensBookGrowthHoursCuttingTvsIncreaseMediumsMagazinesExpectingConsumption Author:Ted Nelson
“Practice, practice, practice. Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest...if it makes you feel good, don't stop until you see the blood from your fingers. Then you'll know you're on to something!” IfsKnowsFeelsPracticeBloodFingersGuitarFeel GoodChestsMake You Feel Good Author:Ted Nugent
