“Zen is to religion what a Japanese "rock garden" is to a garden. Zen knows no god, no afterlife, no good and no evil, as the rock-garden knows no flowers, herbs or shrubs. It has no doctrine or holy writ: its teaching is transmitted mainly in the form of parables as ambiguous as the pebbles in the rock-garden which symbolise now a mountain, now a fleeting tiger. When a disciple asks "What is Zen?", the master's traditional answer is "Three pounds of flax" or "A decaying noodle" or "A toilet stick" or a whack on the pupil's head.” KnowsFormThreeEvilAsksAnswersTeachingRocksFlowerMastersHolyMountainGardenSticksDoctrineTraditionalPoundsAfterlifeDiscipleTigersFleetingToiletsHerbsPupilsAmbiguousPebblesParablesNoodlesShrubsFlax Author:Arthur Koestler
“I am not sure that it is best for us, once safe and secure on the Rock of Ages, to ask ourselves too closely what this and that experience may signify. Is it not better to be thinking of the Rock, not of the feet that stand upon it?” ThinkingMayAgeAsksFeetRocksSafeSecureSelfishnessNot Sure Book:Thoughts Concerning the King Source: Thoughts Concerning the King
“My mother was the one who totally got behind me as far as, do things and ask questions later. My father would say, "I don't care how dirty you are up there, just be funny." Because they knew me offstage. They knew I was a good guy. They knew my whole plan of becoming the most exciting comedian, visually, ever. A real rock-and-roll stand-up comic.” RealWholeCareMotherGuyAsksFatherBehindsPlansRocksBecomingExcitingDon't CareComicComedianI Don't CareDirtyRock And RollGood Guy Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?” WantFirstsWellsMeanDoeAsksStarsRocksBandMusicianAsk MeRock N RollRock StarLivelihood Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.” FeelsPlayKidsCertainAsksStarsSituationRocksFameAsk MeLeaving MeRock StarMe AloneLeave Me AloneJust Leave Me Alone Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has, and all the refined, subtle sensuality that one can ask for” AsksEnergySidesDarkMusicBloodRocksMusic IsBoringRhythmSensualityClassicBoredomSubtleClassical MusicDark SideRefinedRock MusicSinister Author:Yuja Wang
“Everyone asks about gold. This is the irony: just as Jim Grant tells us (correctly) that we all have faith-based paper currencies backed by nothing, it is equally fair to say that gold is a faith-based metal. It pays no dividend, cannot be eaten, and is mostly used for nothing more useful than jewelry. I would say that anything of which 75% sits idly and expensively in bank vaults is, as a measure of value, only one step up from the Polynesian islands that attached value to certain well-known large rocks that were traded.” WellsUsedCertainValuesAsksPayKnownStepsRocksPaperFairsGoldIronyIslandsGrantsHave FaithMetalsCurrencyWell KnownJewelryStep UpDividendsVaultsFaith BasedPolynesians Author:Jeremy Grantham