Quotes by Rocks The aquilegia sprinkled on the rocks Bayard Taylor rocksflamesrain In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll. Baz Luhrmann rockscreativitycountry I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face. Bear Grylls rocksfacestea Textbook survival says stay still, don't take any chances, wait for rescue. That's a boring TV show. My thing was always, "Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!" Bear Grylls squirrelstv-showsrocks I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur. Belinda Carlisle dinosaursrocksmean Blue jeans and Hollywood and rock & roll won the cold war. Ben Dreyfuss jeansrockswar Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place. Ben Folds rock-and-rollrockskids The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't. Ben Gibbard indie-rockchineserocks If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration. Ben Harper dixielandrocksinspiration I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll. Ben Harper rock-n-rollrocksage I'm the anti-rock star. I'm happy just to have a bottle of water. Ben Kweller rocksstarswater I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars. Ben Mezrich rocksstarswriting One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits. The whole of human history is an undiscovered continent deep in our souls. There are dolphins, plants that dream, magic birds inside us. The sky is inside us. The earth is in us. Ben Okri rocksoceandream What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in Ben Sollee rocksgiving-uppeople McWorld is a product of popular culture driven by expansionist commerce. Its template is American, its form style. Its goods are as much images as matériel, an aesthetic as well as a product line. It is about culture as commodity, apparel as ideology. Its symbols are Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Cadillac motorcars hoisted from the roadways, where they once represented a mode of transportation, to the marquees of global market cafés like Harley-Davidson's and the Hard Rock where they become icons of lifestyle. Benjamin Barber iconsrocksstyle In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter. Benjamin Carson rockskidsthinking Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them. Benjamin Hoff curvesrocksinteresting You can't teach talent, but you can teach people how to read strenuously and mimic the moves of rock-star writers so that they eventually accumulate a toolbox of skills. Benjamin Percy rocksstarsmoving I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance. Bernice Johnson Reagon rocksbalancesweet Sometimes you come to a fall and sometimes you come to white water. Your rowing has to adapt to the situation. You can't do the same stroke coming down a small stream as you would coming down Niagara Falls. Even if you're only rowing down a stream, different things happen: maybe the wind changes, maybe the current, and suddenly everything's different. So gently is really important. Don't power yourself or blast through; rock with the way things are. Bernie Glassman rockswindfall«1011121314151617181920»
