"We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression." — B. F. Skinner, American psychologist, born 1904
"No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it." — Grace Slick, American singer, born 1939
"White Rabbit was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss." — Grace Slick, American singer, born 1939
"The artist does not see both eyes alike. There is always 'the eye' and the other eye. It adds life and plasticity to the drawing if the eye in the light is darker than the one in the shadow." — John French Sloan, American painter, born 1871
"When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place is more important than the people." — John French Sloan, American painter, born 1871
"I always think of shade as being full of light. That is why I like to use the word shade rather than light and shadow. Shade seems to play over the thing, envelop it, better define it, while shadow seems to fall on the thing and stain the surface with darks." — ohn French Sloan, American painter, born 1871
"But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?" — Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor, born 1844
"Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!" — Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor, born 1844
"I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man." — Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor, born 1844
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you." — Lewis Smedes, Christian theologian, born 1921
"Do not confuse hate with anger. Hate is a sign that we are sick and need to be healed. Anger is a sign that we are alive and well. Healthy anger drives us to do something to change what makes us angry." — Lewis Smedes, Christian theologian, born 1921
"An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God." — Patti Smith, American singer, born 1946
"For everything bad, there's a million really exciting things, whether it's someone puts out a really great book, there's a new movie, there's a new detective, the sky is unbelievably golden, or you have the best cup of coffee you ever had in your life." — Patti Smith, American singer, born 1946