The Piano Inside My Brain

“It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed.”
— Norman Lear

Norman Lear, TV writer/producer of “All in the Family” was born on July 27, 1922.

“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.”
— Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary was born on July 20, 1919.

“I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.”
— Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940.

“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”
— Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama was born on July 6th, 1935. Coincidentally, President George W. Bush was born in 1946 on the same day. Irony has a sense of history, doesn’t it.

“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.”
— Alice Kahn

“I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.”
— John Cleese

One of my favorite poets from my childhood, Ogden Nash…

“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”