John Muir Quotes
I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in 'creation's dawn.' The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day.
Quotes to Explore
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Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're basically taking modern people and putting them in old drag - it's sort of the 'Gone With the Wind' approach.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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I don't like the info-dump, as it's known.
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'Floating Worlds,' which received a fair amount of attention when it was first published, deserves rediscovery.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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I can talk to more persuadable voters in a week on 'The Five' than I could at CNN in a year, so it's worked out fine.
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I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.
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If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance
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All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.
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My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together.
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I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in 'creation's dawn.' The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day.
