Thielemans Merchtem Quotes

#1. In the early '70s [the late] Ras Shorty and I took Indian dholak drumming [from chutney music, another Indo-Trinidadian creation], fused it with calypso's African rhythms, and soca was born against the wishes of the purists.

Machel Montano

#2. As we go forth into the coming year, let it not be in the haste of impetuous, forgetful delight, nor with the quickness of impulsive thoughtlessness . But let us go out with the patient power of knowing that the God of Israel will go before us.

Oswald Chambers

#3. The thicker you paint, the more it flows.

John Singer Sargent

#4. I'd like to have the chance to decide what my life will be like, I think that's the best present anyone can get. The chance to decide what your life will be like.

Gregoire Delacourt

#5. No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at peace.

Adam Hochschild

#6. Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.

David Brinkley

#7. But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.

Henry Van Dyke

#8. This arch-liar today shows that Britain never was in a position to wage war alone. This gabbler, this drunkard Churchill. And then his accomplice in the White House, this mad fool.

Adolf Hitler

#9. Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

Joe Abercrombie

#10. To fully understand another's views, you have to imagine yourself in their shoes.

Jonathan G. Meyer

#11. Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.

Lawrence Taylor