"i want to stay as close to the edge as i can without going over. out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." -kurt vonnegut
"but better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions." -d.h. lawrence
"many a sinner has played himself into heaven on the trombone" -g.b. shaw
"the greatest solos all begin with a single note" -jamey aebersold
"knowing is not enough; we must apply. willing is not enough; we must do."
-goethe
"people take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
-h. jackson browne
"if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." -martin luther king, jr
"in the goodness of this wine, may we all live groovy and fine."-fr. jim gallagher
"no one can make you feel inferior without your consent" -from a bumper sticker i saw once
"trombones, trombones! these are for our latest composers the most splendid, just like drums for our children." -parisian music critic, 1802.
"you might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward." -james thurber
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." -voltaire
"he who hesitates is a damned fool." -mae west
"the best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." -helen keller
"one ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words." -goethe (gotta love goethe)
"they say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself." -andy warhol
"heart attacks...god's revenge for eating his animal friends" -(i think this was from a bumper sticker, too)
"do not apologize for showing feeling. when you do so, you apologize for
the truth." -benjamin disraeli
"it's an utter train wreck, but it'll work eventually" -george broussard
"never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right." -issac asimov
"insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
-nietzsche
"pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic." -jean sibelius
