3 December 2020 Lindsey Buckingham Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn’t leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done.
3 December 2020 Steven Pinker Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.
3 December 2020 Christiane Amanpour In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
3 December 2020 Henry Louis Gates Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.
3 December 2020 Mike McCready I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.
3 December 2020 E. O. Wilson By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
3 December 2020 Alexander Wang I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that’s why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it’s always been something I look towards.
3 December 2020 Peter Yarrow We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.
3 December 2020 Danny Boyle I’ve sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.
3 December 2020 Gina Barreca Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate.
3 December 2020 Norman Ralph Augustine One of the most feared expressions in modern times is ‘The computer is down.’
3 December 2020 Horst Koehler Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.
3 December 2020 Josh Billings Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
3 December 2020 Nikos Kazantzakis I said to the almond tree, ‘Friend, speak to me of God,’ and the almond tree blossomed.
3 December 2020 Bill Cosby Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.
3 December 2020 Beth Ditto I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You’re constantly learning how to be confident, aren’t you?
3 December 2020 LL Cool J We’re going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.
3 December 2020 Dennis Prager Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.
3 December 2020 Octavia Butler I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
3 December 2020 Christy Turlington People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it’s amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I’m going to throw up afterwards.
