Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.

Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive.

Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.

If you want to be happy, you need to set your mind on happiness.

The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end.

There is always the possibility of a better life with every change that we face, but sometimes we have to look hard for it.

I think everybody wants to be a rock star.

And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.

My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that were basically cool getting kind of uncool. So that ruins what I feel about jazz.

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.