#monk

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career. ↗

— Davy Jones

#career #changed #life #monkees #my life

The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year. ↗

— Davy Jones

#monkees #nbc #never #start #third

The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point? ↗

— Davy Jones

#french #like #monkees #only #people

Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that. ↗

— Davy Jones

#hey #i #monkees #never #out

God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#embarrassing #george #george bush #god #i

I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#extreme #go #grew #had #i

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#bowls #dry #food #liquid #monks

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#became #i #kind #monk #nine

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#finally #fit #found #his #horn

Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it. ↗

— Olive Schreiner

#always #color #flower #god #love