"You can't write a good song about a whorehouse unless you've been in one." — Woody Guthrie, American folk singer, born 1912
"It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people." — Woody Guthrie, American folk singer, born 1912
"Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off." — Woody Guthrie, American folk singer, born 1912
"When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a portrait painter I wouldn't be able to support a goldfish." — Fred Gwynne, American actor, born 1926
"I decided to take a stab at acting. I entered the American Academy of Dramatic Art, where one teacher told me I'd never make it - I was too tall." — Fred Gwynne, American actor, born 1926
"The best relationships are those where your love for each other exceeds your need for each other." — Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, born 1935
"Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck." — Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, born 1935
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." — Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, born 1935
"I incline myself to the teachings of my lama. But my heart secretly escapes to the thoughts of my sweetheart." — Tsangyang Gyatso, Sixth Dalai Lama, born 1683
"Peacocks from eastern India. Parrot from the depths of Kongpo. Though born in separate countries, finally come together in the holy land of Lhasa." — Tsangyang Gyatso, Sixth Dalai Lama, born 1683
"There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself." — Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer, born 1921
"Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see." — Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer, born 1921
"A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?" — Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer, born 1921