Mainmast Def Quotes

#1. You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.

David Lee Roth

#2. What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#3. Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.

Jeff Corwin

#4. It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.

Bernie Sanders

#5. And somebody might now want to ask me, "Can't you ever be serious?" The answer is, "No.

Kurt Vonnegut

#6. I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr ...

Joey Barton

#7. The glut of information was dulling awareness, not aiding it.

Jerry Mander

#8. Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request.

Dalai Lama

#9. Pidgin, pidgin everywhere. A peculiarity of dropping the connective, the article, of translating literally, of using present for past, present for future. We Filipinos did not speak pidgin. Our English was straight from the grammar texts.

Gilda Cordero-Fernando