I’m not ‘stubborn.’”“Oh, really?”Lifting my chin, I said, “I’m determined.” (Violet to Doc)

Call me crotchety, but I didn’t like being bossed around, especially before I’d injected caffeine into my system. Violet Parker

Passion in every word I wrote, passion in every single thought.

Slurping these spirits is soul preparation, a warped communion, myself serving as god, priest, and congregation.

Aw, now look at that, you're being sarcastic, aren't you?

Buying art is not understanding art.

The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.

The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. From now on depressions will be scientifically created.

Private enterprise is ceasing to be free enterprise. Private enterprise, indeed, became too private. It became privileged enterprise, not free enterprise.

My friends call me George, GM, or Georgia. But most people who know me from when I was little call me Georgia May.

I'm not afraid to fail. I'm afraid to be mediocre.

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.