#ten

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#acoustic guitar #also #basic #electric #electric guitar

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something. ↗

— George Burns

#cigars #day #fifteen #hold #i

Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress. ↗

— John Burns

#labels #labour #less #men #persistent

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. ↗

— George Burns

#avoiding #i #important #key #longevity

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#enforced #laws #nation #randomly #states

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#film #find #generally #i #listening

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. ↗

— George Burns

#book #guy #i #only #read

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. ↗

— Ken Burns

#based #choices #cynicism #disengagement #fear

Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#beholder #both #holder #intoxicating #often

I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#cosmology #cosmos #existence #informed #knowledge