I think about that 'empty' space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something

to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce.
Meredith Monk

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.
Donald Knuth

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
Henry Ward Beecher

I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
Charles Barkley

Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric.
Phil Crosby

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.
George Santayana

At that level, every goal is like a knife in the ribs.
Gordon Banks

The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.
Wynonna Judd

We can fight Big Industry.
Bobby Scott