#pi

I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears or inspiration. Otherwise, why should I do it? ↗

— John Davidson

#audience #every #i #i do #inspiration

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with. ↗

— Alan Davies

#eye #getting #kid #lot #poke

After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why. ↗

— Ben Stein

#been #black #cannot #levels #man

If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#answer #balance #boston #chamber #changes

A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space. ↗

— Clarence Stein

#beauty #depend #grouping #house #houses

We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#liked #picture #rather #see #then

There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for pitches you can hit. The bat speed isn't what it used to be. You make up for it by using your head, working counts, getting ahead in counts and getting pitches to hit and hitting them hard. ↗

— Chili Davis

#away #bat #certain #certain things #counts

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand. ↗

— Chili Davis

#bat #catch #different #face #fool

Circulating through the children's ward and seeing terminally ill kids, heads shaved, smiling and having a ball despite the tubes and needles sticking into them, I thought: What do I have to worry about? If God takes me, at least I've lived for 35 years. ↗

— Eric Davis

#ball #children #circulating #despite #god

I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me. ↗

— Eric Davis

#getting #i #inspired #know #life