“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” — Vincent Van Gogh

“The earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Hollywood is more of an idea than a place.” — Kevin Bacon

“My life is like a stroll on the beach… as near to the edge as I can go.” — Henry David Thoreau 

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” — Louis Armstrong

“Being a sports fan is a complex matter, in part irrational but not unworthy; a relief from the seriousness of the real world, with its unending pressures and often grave obligations.” — Richard Gilman