Knotyourworld Tapestries

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. ~ Ernest Hemingway

Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear, / And he shows them pearly white. / Just a jack-knife has Macheath / And he keeps it out of sight. ~Bertolt Brecht

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. ~ Will Smith

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ~ John Lennon

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. ~ Malcom Muggeridge

My sisters told me stories of humans. They said they sometimes sing to them to lure them underwater. ~ Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? ~ David Attenborough

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. ~Kurt Cobain *born in the year of the Ram

Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us. ~Lady Gaga

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people. ~ Maya Angelou

I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy. ~W. C. Fields

It's not just about being fabulous. It's about never feeling sheepish. ~Greg Baker

And to me ev'ryday is Halloween, I've given up hiding and started to fight! ~Everyday Is Halloween/Ministry

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by. ~Ian MacKaye *born in the year of the Tiger

Why don't they knead two virtuous souls for life / Into that moral centaur, man and wife? ~ Lord Byron

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. ~ Lana Turner

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. ~ Lana Turner

The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images. ~Isaac Arthur *born in the year of the Rooster

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it. ~Elvis Presley

I hate painting with a broad brush, but I think the birther thing, at its root, is racist. The guy was born in Hawaii. A black guy is president. It's cool. Get over it. Just deal with it. There's nothing you could show these birther people that would shut them up. ~Henry Rollins

If you'd lie with scorpions, you need a taste for poison. ~ Aleksandr Voinov, Scorpion

Don't be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen. ~ Matt King in The Descendents

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? ~ David Attenborough

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

He who shall hurt the little wren / Shall never be beloved by men. ~ William Blake

I'm not going to lie. I am a psycho. Luckily, I get most of it out on stage. ~Bill Burr, who was born under the sign of Gemini

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Arise! Arouse! A Rose! ~ Lieutenant Blue Meanie, Yellow Submarine

Every week, it's another city for me. I get asked the same questions every week by people. 'Are people the same everywhere?' No. Some places suck and they have shittier people. I just gave you a sociology degree. ~Tom Segura, who was born under the sign of Aries

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ~ Martin Luther

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that. ~Billy Crystal, who was born under the sign of Pisces

Straight from the Marsupial Kitchen!

I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk walk out of the room. ~Don Rickles, who was born under the sign of Taurus

On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. ~ Edgar Allan Poe 'To Helen'

Wherever the ram goes the sheep will follow. ~ German Proverb

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his necks out. ~James Bryant Conant