"Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good."

-- Soren Kierkegaard

"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."

-- Meister Eckhart

"I'm a part of Willie Nelson's world and I love it, but at the same time, I'm part of the Grateful Dead's world. One night I might be playing twin fiddles at the Broken Spoke and the next night I'll be down at Antone's playing blues. In that way Texas is a paradise, because all that music is here."

-- Doug Sahm, 1975

"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."

-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them."

-- P. J. O'Rourke