And Quotes

Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.

I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the confederacy.

I had a passion and love of learning and wisdom that was inseparable from a love of music and the arts. I've never viewed them in any way as being separable.

We need to be together, and love each other.

Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten!

And out of all the movies, I don't know what it is, I'll always sit down and watch our 'Footloose'. I cry, I get excited, I cheer, my heart pounds. I really enjoy it.

I've written a lot about drugs and alcohol. I wouldn't say it's because we've gotten bigger or anything, but I kind of feel a little bit done with it. There are other things to talk about.

Words and music together create powerful, powerful things.

I guess the drinking and the drugs are interesting to me because the way we use them and our society uses them, we kind of manufacture highs and lows.

If I'm stuck, I'll sit down and read. That's a big thing.

If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll.

I'm not one of these people who sits down and writes to say I'm gonna write a song about this or that, or a specific subject. The songs actually kind of write themselves.

Brooks Robinson is not a fast man, but his arms and legs move very quickly.

Every now and then say, 'What the fu©k.' 'What the fu©k' gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.

Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.

Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed.

Only the flow matters; live and let live, love and let love. There is no point in love.

Censors are dead men set up to judge between life and death. For no live, sunny man would be a censor, he'd just laugh.

I am convinced that the air we normally breathe is a kind of water, and men and women are a species of fish.

Rock and roll has had a powerful anti-Christian subtheme for decades now.

Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

We have to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us.

Only through kindness and love can peace of mind be achieved.

Even within one person, yesterday and today, there are differences. We must look at a deeper level.

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival.

The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.

Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion.

Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness

I have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion.

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.

A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.

The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion.

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever

One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.

I consider others as just brothers and sisters. Nothing barrier.

In the last few centuries we've managed to reduce how much we kill each other, we've learned some basic lessons about public health, and life is relatively good for more people than ever before.

In my mind, the men and women of NASA are history's modern pioneers. They attempt the impossible, accept failure, and then back to the drawing board while the rest of us stand back and criticize.

Ladies and gentlemen.” He [Jabba] sighed. “Meet the kamikaze of computer invaders...the worm.

And as an actor, just working with someone as seasoned and professional and kind as Richard Jenkins, it's always a learning experience watching him - on camera and off camera, just soaking it all up.

I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.

I wish I had more time to sit down and be a little bit more normal.

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.

Sometimes we can make everything a little too perfect. I always was a fan of giving direction, but every now and then going, "I don't know. What do you think? Let's see what happens."

Pain is an interesting and off-putting thing. Few if any things in life concentrate our attention so completely and terribly, and few things are more boring to listen to or read about.

If more people start selling ugly produce we have a chance to crack the hunger and malnutrition problems in the U.S. (Almost 90% of us do not get enough fruits and veggies).

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.