I met Lalit Modi in London once. He had apprehensions regarding coming back to India, as his security was withdrawn. He was not worried about cases filed against him.
By withholding critical details and stonewalling congressional inquiries, President Obama seems to be hiding whether or not he and others broke U.S. law by sending $1.7 billion in cash to Iran.
He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.
I grew up in a super suburban place where the mundane middle-class issues were similar to what Ray Davies was singing about. All the topics he was singing about were middle-class woes and humanitarian woes - human-being woes.
Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.
If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.
I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.
The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain the interest of the worshipper... no one cared what he believed about its origin.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath.
Every barbershop has a guy who wrecks shop every time he comes in. He has the whole barbershop laughing. That doesn't mean he's a comedian.
I'd read Stone Cold's biography about how he lived on, like, raw potatoes, and I thought, this is all part of it. This is what wrestlers do, and this is what I'm going to do.
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
In the morning, Capra would arrive with twenty-or-so pages in which he'd written down all of his ideas. Most were terrible, then all of a sudden there would be one which was astounding.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
I have a Yamaha YC-45D organ in my studio. It's actually Terry Riley's favorite keyboard, so if you find old clips of him on YouTube, he's usually playing one of these.
