Blue Collar Lit.: ...to understand ourselves

Thursday, May 31, 2018

...to understand ourselves

"Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."

~ Jimmy Carter
Georgia peanut farmer, and U.S. President, 1976 - 1980

"The minute someone says 'Oh God, you could never do that; you can't get that kind of stuff on the air' that's the kind of stuff I want to do."

~ Elizabeth Montgomery
American actress {1933 - 1995}

"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."

~ Alexander Hamilton
American statesman {1755 or 1757 - 1804}

"I've written songs on everything. Menus. Napkins. Little pieces of paper."

~ Chuck Berry
American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music {1926 - 2017}

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

~ Thomas Paine
English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary {1737 - 1809}