Philip Neri 1515-1595 Patron Saint of Joyful Hearts
THE BEST WAY to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.
FIRST let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.
TO PRESERVE OUR CHEERFULNESS amid sickness and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.
HEAVEN IS NOT MADE FOR THE SLOTHFUL.
EMMA LAZARUS 1849-1887 POET
MY OWN CURIOSITY AND INTEREST ARE INSATIABLE.
LIFE’S SHARPEST RAPTURE IS SURCEASE OF PAIN.
THERE IS NO COMFORT looking forth nor back, the present gives the lie to all her past.
UNTIL WE ARE ALL FREE, WE ARE NONE OF US FREE.
GIVE ME YOUR TIRE, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
J. I. Pecker 1926-2020 Christian Theologian “Knowing God”
ONCE YOU BECOME AWARE that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.
THE HOLY SPIRIT’S MAIN MINISTRY is not to give thrills but to create in us christlike character.
HOLY PEOPLE GLORY, not in their holiness, but in Christ’s cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.
EVEN WHEN WE CANNOT SEE the why and wherefore of God’s dealings we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.
ALBERT BROOKS 1947—“Defending Your Life” “Broadcast News”
FEAR IS LIKE A GIANT FOG. It sits on your brain and blocks everything — real feelings, true happiness, real joy. they can’t get through that fog. but you lift it, and buddy, you’re in for the ride of your life.
TWITTER IS THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND.
I WAS IN KASMIR last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters.
WOULDN’T THIS BE A GREAT WORLD if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?
RELAXATION IS THE ABSENCE OF WORRY.
BE GENEROUS & YOU CAN BE THE BEST PERSON WHO EVER LIVED.
I DON’T KNOW THAT I CAN DEFINE FEAR. But one of the sources of fear is holding up some sort of model life that doesn’t exist and feeling like you’re far away form it.
TONY BENNETT 1926-2023 “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
I THINK IF YOU HAVE A PASSION for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.
I HAVE AN AWFUL LOT TO LEARN. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.
IF YOU FOLLOW YOUR PASSION, you’ll never work a day in your life.
MY GOAL as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do.
“BENEDETTO” means the “blessed one” and I feel that I have been truly blessed.
YOU CAN’T TEACH JAZZ SINGING. There’s nobody who can teach you haw to sing jazz. either you know how to sing jazz, or you don’t.
TO WORK IS TO FEEL ALIVE.
THE BOTTOM LINE of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.
I KNEW very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.
I ALWAYS FEEL THE AUDIENCE IS MY BEST TEACHER.
MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.
SOMETIMES THE TEACHER would tell me that if you’re singing a love song and you just don’t feel it with a person or something you’ve experienced, just think of a dog or cat that you love.
IF YOU ARE CREATIVE, YOU GET BUSIER AS YOU GET OLDER.
I TRY to tell the story about the song with the believability that I’ve lived it myself and I understand what it’s all about.
I THINK IN ALL OF THE ARTS there are just certain people that have a gift. I think it’s a certain spirituality, it’s a God-given gift that just certain individuals have.
WHAT I REALLY SEARCH FOR is something that I really love hearing, something that’s my own private game; if I find a song I really like, I try to do a definitive version.
I’D LIKE to have every gentlemen and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs.
I STILL INSIST THE AMERICAN PERFORMERS are the best performers in the world.
NO ONE will ever sound as good as Judy Garland as far as I’m concerned.
GET ON THE LOVE TRAIN!