#pens

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. ↗

— Keith Jarrett

#happens #jazz #present #simple #you

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expense #first #forehead #generals #good

Music is my love and to me acting is more mercenary. I don't pound the pavements for roles: if it happens, it happens. I hate that auditioning thing. ↗

— David Johansen

#auditioning #happens #hate #i #love

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#benefits #gratitude #impatient #inferiority #minds

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. ↗

— Helen Keller

#complaint #joy #love #mind #pervert

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses. ↗

— Ric Keller

#care #costs #education #expenses #health

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#gets #happens #i #i see #just

The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#paperback #too

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens. ↗

— Coretta Scott King

#beginning #every #great #happens #history

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process. ↗

— Stephen King

#anything #best #beyond #comes #creation