#sons

My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#classical guitar #depressing #evenings #guitar #guitar lessons

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#bush #deny #different #different reasons #hussein

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. ↗

— Bill Gates

#failure #fine #heed #important #lessons

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. ↗

— Teri Garr

#david #i #letterman #marriage #obvious

Aerosmith went on The Simpsons and they had fun. ↗

— Leif Garrett

#fun #had #simpsons #the simpsons #went

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#living #needs #only #pretexts #reasons

It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#american revolution #ancestors #army #continental #fought

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#against #america #anti-semitic #based #best

Intelligent life on other planets? I'm not even sure there is on earth! ↗

— Albert Einstein

#intelligence #life-lessons #funny

I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#best #college #dropped #i #learn