Barba Quotes

#1. The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.

Martin Luther

#2. If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

Will Rogers

#3. For me, self-discipline has never corresponded to a voluntary adhesion to norms invented by others. It has always been the first step towards breaking the chains.

Eugenio Barba

#4. These days, the phone only carries bad news. It's all "your student loan is past due" and "your uncle Chris is in the hospital." If it's anything fun or exciting, like an invitation to a party or a secret project in the works, it will come through the internet.

Robin Sloan

#5. I've flown across America, I've scaled fences, I've stood under windows and gone out of my way hundreds of times. I'm a hopeless romantic. There's no hope for me.

Joel Madden

#6. I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic.

Elizabeth Banks

#7. None of us are nuclear experts, but we know that if there is a melt-down and breach of containment, that's clearly the most odious thing that could happen.

William Scranton

#8. Count your blessings and be grateful not a great fool.

Habeeb Akande

#9. The Christlike life has nothing at all to do with satisfying, coddling, or promoting self, but everything to do with being poured out for others.

Claudia Barba

#10. I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

Mae Whitman

#11. Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

Alice Walker