quotes about Groundedness

“I love J. F. K. My mother had been a worker on his campaign and adored him.”

“My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out of the practice of poetry, as does my Buddhist practice. Poetry is a very important element in the history of Buddhism in general and in Zen in particular. It was really Zen that motivated me to change the way I perceive the world.”

Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.

“I do not believe that science per se is an adequate source of happiness, nor do I think that my own scientific outlook has contributed very greatly to my own happiness, which I attribute to defecating twice a day with unfailing regularity.”

“I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.”

“Wouldn’t it be amazing, getting up everyday and playing; doing something that you love to do?”

“Art is the supreme communicator of diverse cultures and ideas in a common frame of understanding, a virtual bridge across time. It is also the universal link into genius.”

“Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“By nature, I am a low-key person and like being behind the camera.”

“Listen soberly: Just be 'I Am'; just stay here! ... There's nothing that can stop you from following this simple advice.”

“There is your car and the open road, the fabled lure of random adventure. You stand at the verge, and you could become anything.”