#once

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#bible #books #carl #english #formed

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state. ↗

— Xun Zi

#cannot #concentrate #expenditures #frugal #heaven

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative. ↗

— Harry Browne

#important #important thing #initiative #own #thing

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#also #as far as #birthday #call #calling

If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex. ↗

— Liv Ullman

#between #concerned #could #difference #human

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#getting #gig #jazz #jazz musician #life

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#comedian #every #fifteen #laugh #make

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#concepts #conformity #conservative #consider #correctness

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#audience #concert #instinct #into #me

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#bath #being #clean #day #menace