Quotations

"The dream world of sleep and the dream world of music are not far apart. I often catch glimpses of one as I pass through a door to the other, like encountering a neighbor in the hallway going into the apartment next to one’s own. In the recording studio, I would often lie down to nap and wake up with harmony parts fully formed in my mind, ready to be recorded. I think of music as dreaming in sound."

— Linda Ronstadt, American singer, born 1946

"I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me."

— Mickey Rooney, American actor, born September 23, 1920

"Aren't we unfortunate babies to be born when the world ended? After that there was no chance for the planet, and no chance for us. Or maybe it was just the end of one civilization, ours, and at some time in the future another will take its place. In that case we are standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something."

— Sally Rooney, Irish writer, born 1991

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

— Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady, born 1884

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

— Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady, born 1884

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

— Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd American President, born 1882

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country."

— Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd American President, born 1882

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

— Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd American President, born 1882

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

— Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd American President, born 1882

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

— Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd American President, born 1882

"Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force."

— Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd American President, born 1882

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of United States, born 1858

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of United States, born 1858

"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."

— Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist, born 1934