#par

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens. ↗

— Alan Watts

#common sense #confronting #culture #feel #identical

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#hell #i #just #know #liked

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#based #because #color #day #ever

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#everything #faith #i #i am #old

For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#been #black #black community #claimed #community

I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#am #apologize #been #big #big enough

The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black #black community #community #constituency #democratic

The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#benefit #budget #democrats #determining #directly

The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

#counterpart #difference #seeker #slight #suicide

I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ↗

— Alec Waugh

#believe #does #dry #i #i am