“The moment we find the reason behind an emotion the wall is breached, and the positive memories it has kept from us return too. That's why it pays to ask those painful questions. The answers can set you free.” ReasonMomentsAsksMemoriesAnswersPayEmotionBehindsWallReturnPainfulQuestioning Author:Gloria Steinem
“In order for a musician to grow, he's got to pay his dues. Some musicians ask me, 'well, what do you mean? You're saying I have to 'starve' and pay all these dues just to play jazz?' And my answer to them is, well, to some degree, yes! Because in order to play jazz you have to live it. Those notes mean something. They don't just come from your brain, they come from your heart and soul too. And in order to have that heart and soul you have to experience life. So I relate my music to my life and my life style. You can't separate the two.” WellsHeartMeanTwoSoulPlayOrderAsksGrowsAnswersPayBrainStyleDegreesMusicianJazzNotesDuesRelateAsk MeHeart And SoulLife Style Author:Woody Shaw
“You could attach prices to thoughts. Some cost a lot, some a little. And how does one pay for thoughts? The answer, I think, is: with courage.” ThinkingLittlesDoeAnswersPayCost Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.” GivingWritingLongImportantMomentsSeemsForceSimpleAnswersPayAttentionWeekHonestHonestyJudgingClaimsTrackGrantedBeing HonestPay AttentionAmazedDo Not JudgePrecious Life Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."” KnowsTryingYearsSaidWantedLeftDecisionAnswersPayFiguresDegreesWasteDumbMore TimeThey SaidScholarshipJust Do It Author:Demetri Martin
“But no longer could I aks God what to do, since the answer, I was sure, would not suit me. I could do what suited me know, as long as I could pay for it. 'As long as I could pay for it.' That phrase soon became the tail that wagged my dog. If I had died then, it should have been my epigraph.” IfsKnowsShouldLongHas BeensAnswersPayDogShould HaveDiedSuitsPhrasesTailsMy DogShould Have BeenEpigraphs Author:Jamaica Kincaid
“Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?” ShouldChurchAnswersPayTaxesFairsAtheistDespiseExemption Author:E. Haldeman-Julius
“To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. It is only a postponement of the real payment, a bribe paid for silence, a creditsystem in which a paper promise to pay answers for the time instead of liquidation. We owe to man higher succors than food and fire. We owe to man.” MenGivingRealAnswersPaySilenceFireHigherPromisePaperPaidCharityPaymentBribeSufferersPostponement Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“I worked as a title searcher for almost 25 years. It took awhile for it to become fulfilling because it doesn't pay a whole lot, takes a long time to learn, and in the years of learning there are endless frustrations. And then it creeps up on you that you're able to solve problems, answer questions and rebut any challenges to your work.” YearsLongWholeProblemAbleChallengesAnswersPayLong TimeSolveEndlessTitlesFrustrationFulfillingCreepsSearchers Author:Larry Howes
“I know chances are if I don't give an interview or make a public appearance or statement from time to time, they'll invent one. Every so often, I suppose people ask, 'Whatever happened to that other Beatle, George Harrison?' And someone comes around with a ready answer, no matter how preposterous it seems. It's possibly the worst price one has to pay for what they call stardom.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingMatterSeemsAsksChanceAnswersPayHappenedWorstReadyAppearanceStatementsInterviewsChances AreStardom Author:George Harrison
“People want the answer to cancer, and they're not going to get it without spending money, because money is frozen energy that unfreezes itself when you pay people to work.” PeopleWantEnergyAnswersPayCancerSpendingFrozenSpending Money Author:Mary Lasker
“When people ask, "Why should the rich pay a larger percent of their income than middle-income people?" - my answer is not an answer most people get: It's because their power developed from laws that enriched them.” PeopleShouldLawAsksAnswersPayRichMiddlePercentIncome Author:Ralph Nader