#us

Without music, life is a journey through a desert. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#journey #life #life is a #life is a journey #music

My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame. ↗

— Henry Constable

#blush #her #lady #lips #makes

Look at how beautiful this ink is. Now do you understand why I needed clear water? Water is the brightness of the day and the whiteness of the paper. Black is the velvet of night and the satiny ink of the paintbrush. If you know how to make ink correctly, you will never again be afraid of nightmares." Hokusai (The Old Man Mad About Drawing) ↗

— Françoise Place

#hokusai #ink #the-old-man-about-drawing #white #beauty

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant. ↗

— Scott Cook

#government #pension #people #place #plans

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#breed #does #done #give #inevitably

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#god #hear #hum #human #interests

I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it. ↗

— Chris Cooper

#consuming #costs #couple #estate #had

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #guitar #handgun #make #makes

His words and music weren't just joined; they were inseparably married. ↗

— John Corry

#inseparably #joined #just #married #music

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#budget deficits #bush #deficits #leader #may