I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me. -- Mose Allison

Some suggestions for you :

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Read much, but not many books.

It is important for our friends to believe we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.

When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.

The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.

When love beckons to you, follow him.

Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body.

Whatever one writes, comes to pass.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.