#rites

I learned that the day "The Viper's Drag" slipped from between my fingers. But whatever might be lost or broken or forgotten is nothing compared to the miraculous rebirth that occurs every time the needle hits the groove. Here is Fats Waller Himself, not dead but present, so present that he overwhelms the well-ordered precincts of the living room. The sound sprawls. What vibrates here has more life than any room. ↗

— Geoffrey O'Brien

#musical-favorites #rebirth #vinyl-records #life

When the management iceberg is shaped like a huge phallus, you know that there are a lot of tossers that the top penguin has had to climb over to reach the tip and that there is no shortage of the same caliber of penguin in the balls and shaft of the corporation, just waiting for their chance to get a spurt to the top. Should I sugar coat this a little more? or tell it like it is? ↗

— Daniel Prokop

#emotional-intelligence #humor #inspirational #leaving-neverland #management

People who LIKE movies have a favorite. People who LOVE movies couldn't possibly choose. ↗

— Nicole Yatsonsky

#films #like #love #movies #love

How do we do this? Do I have to bite you?" I ask, squirming uncomfortably at the thought of doing so. "Why, do you want to? If so, by all means go right ahead. I doubt I'd mind much," he laughs. "No, no biting. You watch too many movies. ↗

— Jessica L Padilla

#origins #movies

Lesson #456 of high school life: Never, EVER trust an alarm clock. ↗

— Heather Brewer

#journalism

You love me this much!" Fang spreads his arms wide ↗

— James Patterson

#love

In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#common #dictate #foreign #individual #magical

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#go #go home #home #hunt #hypocrite

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. ↗

— Martin Luther

#also #bible #clouds #flowers #god

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#miles #miles davis #plays #songs #who