Provisos Def Quotes

#1. The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact, it matters more than pain, illness, or even death.

Henri Nouwen

#2. Today the Washington Post did an article; they compared the 2008 presidential election to the 1932 presidential election. They did a comparison, mainly because 1932 was the first time John McCain ran for president.

Conan O'Brien

#3. Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.

W. H. Auden

#4. There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

Lili Taylor

#5. My husband and I vowed that after we married and settled down, we would become foster parents - a vow we kept and one that has enriched our lives greatly.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

#6. There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.

Zakk Wylde

#7. The field of the soul must be watered by the rain with tears of love; otherwise it will become a desert.

Sorin Cerin

#8. I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul

George Crumb

#9. Of course the shrieking desire for the scoop can get really strong, but so is the desire to safeguard connections and keep everyone happy.

Rachel Sklar