D.H. Barbara Quotes
We came from Bethlehem, Georgia bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle.
On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.
Finally, cooking is good citizenship. It's the only way to get serious about putting locally raised foods into your diet, which keeps farmlands healthy and grocery money in the neighborhood.
Dogs understand your moods and your thoughts, and if you are thinking unpleasant things about your dog, he will pick it up and be downhearted.
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.
Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories.
Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.
Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.
It takes a variety of strategies and initiatives to address this pandemic. It's about life and death and the survival of humanity.
Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.
We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
Maybe life doesn't get any better than this, or any worse, and what we get is just what we're willing to find: small wonders, where they grow.
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.
If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
Accept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons.
As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don't claim to know anything with certainty -- it's the believers who know it all.
The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
A moral person is one who constantly exercises, and acts on, his best rational judgment.
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours.
Art is like singing. Some do it better than others, but everyone can and should be doing it for their soul.
Money talks. It makes art. It determines what food we eat, whether we are cured or die, and what shoes we wear.
I don't think we'll ever know all there is to know about gardening, and I'm just as glad there will always be some magic about it!
Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you're gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.
If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.
