inspirational quotes

[zstairlessone]

There's a famous story about Pete Townshend calling up Eric Clapton after he saw Hendrix. He told him, 'This guy is gonna put us out of business!'.

I saw an old interview with Pete and he told the story confirming this. What he said was - I remember I called Eric and said you've got to come down and see this guy, he's going to put us all out of ... business, we're through.

 

[Ampress]

“Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
― Kobayashi Issa

 

[scifan57]

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou

 

[J. A.]

The Amen! of Nature is always a flower. Oliver Wendall Holmes

 

[Ampress]

“We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

 

[J. A.]

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. Richard Feynman

 

[J. A.]

Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it. ~ C.S. Lewis

 

[J. A.]

It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why anyone should have a knowledge of it. (Aristotle)

 

[Kaykaykay]

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Elvis Presley

 

[Kaykaykay]

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

W.C. Fields

 

[Gabriel1]

You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.

Homer Simpson

 

[scifan57]

"Peace begins with a smile." - Mother Teresa

 

[J. A.]

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius

 

[Kaykaykay]

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

Henry James

 

[scifan57]

"I figured something out. The future is unpredictable." - John Green