“I cant lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. Im so grateful to all my fans. I couldnt do it for this long without them. So if they want to come past to say hi and whatnot, then its part of my job to talk to them - and you know, it might be the best part of my job, too.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLongShowsMightJobsPastLyingTalkingFansGratefulBeing The BestCantSo Grateful Author:Chuck Brown
“As an American I must say I haven't been very encouraged by the way in which the people who run the government in the United States have been listening to those contrary voices. And so long as the power to run the world lies in the hands of people who are quite happy to see it get warmer, or fuel be used more, then would those people who oppose it are crying in the wilderness - that's the real problem.” PeopleWorldWayLongHas BeensRealStatesProblemHandsGovernmentRunningUsedLyingVoiceUnitedUnited StatesHavensCryListeningContraryFuelWildernessReal Problems Author:Richard Lewontin
“Financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. Long-run salvation by men of business has never been highly regarded if it means disturbance of orderly life and convenience in the present. So inaction will be advocated in the present even though it means deep trouble in the future. Here, at least equally with Communism, lies the threat to Capitalism. It is what causes men who know that things are going quite wrong to say that things are fundamentally sound.” IfsKnowsMenMeanLongRunningPoliticalLyingCausesSoundTroubleCapitalismCapacitySalvationThreatFinancialCommunismLong RunsConvenienceInactionOrderlyDisturbance Book:The great crash, 1929 Source: The great crash, 1929
“No one can sustain rage for long. I am still angry and always will be. My dear son was stolen from me and his family to never return. He was killed for profit and lies. How can I not be angry? Sometimes though, the rage comes back.” LongStillsSometimesLyingSonReturnAngryDearProfitRageStolen Author:Cindy Sheehan
“Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you should. Everyoneneeds time to adjust to the new family, adults included. There is no such thing as an "instant parent." Actually, no concrete object lies outside of the poetic sphere as long as the poet knows how to use the object properly.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldLongUseLyingPoetryParentKnow HowLove YouObjectsPoetAdultsGuiltyInstantPoeticSpheresConcreteTime Of NeedStepchildStepchildrenNew Family Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow; And then I must scrub and bake and sweep Till the stars are beginning to blink and peep; And the young lie long and dream in their bed.” LongDreamYoungLyingStarsWorkFireBedAgingBlowMotherhoodSeedsDawnBlinkFlicker Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats