#tap

Well, I did a harmonica instruction tape for Homespun tapes. ↗

— John Sebastian

#harmonica #homespun #i #instruction #tape

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time. ↗

— George Sutherland

#carved #epitaph #failed #forth #freedom

Time is a river...and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very few, endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following. ↗

— R.W. and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton

#metaphor #age

Desiring the exhilarations of changes: The motive for metaphor, shrinking from The weight of primary noon ... ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#change

There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet. ↗

— Koren Zailckas

#hippie #hippies #metaphysics #new-age #yoga

We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material. ↗

— J. T. Walsh

#material #materialists #metaphors #our #such

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us. ↗

— John Williams

#between #competition #cooperation #countries #healthy

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#bring #creativity #defeated #fountain #learn

In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#coming-of-age-metaphore #feminism #iconic #age

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#metaphysics #philosophy #serenity #courage