Mankell Hayes Quotes

#1. The performance group The Ant Farm redoing JFK's assassination in Dallas was an event that struck a chord with me, especially when one of the members said they'd only intended to do it once, but the Dallas audience insisted they repeat the performance.

Laura Mullen

#2. That which does not kill us makes us stronger," Jesse deadpans.
"Exactly. Exactly."
Self-improvement through adversity... it isn't bullshit. Exhibit A: my little brother. I can see every muscle in his stomach and shoulders.

Hannah Moskowitz

#3. Base is the slave that pays.

William Shakespeare

#4. The fancies of wine are authentic events.

Italo Svevo

#5. I'm always writing. And, I mean, I always counsel people when they call me a musician: I really do not have the skills of a musician. I really don't think like a musician, though I love music and I perform and sing.

Patti Smith

#6. To tear ourselves away from the everyday, from habit, from mental laziness which hides from us the strangeness of reality, we must receive something like a real bludgeon blow.

Eugene Ionesco

#7. I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar.

Joan Jett

#8. Your brand will be called on upon when it's needed. When it's not needed at the moment, keep it safely till it's call comes. Some brands shine occasionally!

Israelmore Ayivor

#9. Man may pat me on the back in celebration of my actions, but God's eyes are piercing into the hidden place of my motivations. He cannot be fooled.

Anna Blanc

#10. A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

Walter Bagehot

#11. You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.

Chuck Noll

#12. When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.

Barbara Mandrell

#13. I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville.

Marina And The Diamonds

#14. I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'

Ira Glass

#15. See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.

Henry Ward Beecher