Interesting Quotes By Guys Named Richard

I know you won't believe me, but I was actually planning this post BEFORE Richard Sherman sounded off after that playoff game the other night. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Sherman's quote is the last one in this collection. Enjoy?  ~  JH

"If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect

other people. That's times and personalities. And 

all of them are not that way. But it don't take

but one or two to screw up the whole world."

~  Richard Petty, NASCAR driver

"I'm now so keenly aware that I have 

everything to prove and nothing to lose."

~  Richard Marx, musician

"I always sensed instinctively from the 

earliest age that I was being lied to."

~  Richard Linklater, film director

"Indeed he knows not how to know

who knows not also how to un-know."

~  Richard Francis Burton, explorer

"Can miles truly separate you from friends…

If you want to be with someone you 

love, aren't you already there?"

~  Richard Bach, author

"All of our energy should be in sacrifice

and services. Suffering, at least."

~  Richard Gere, actor

"Greed has taken the whole universe,

and nobody is worried about their soul."

~  Little Richard, musician

"Imagination creates reality."

~  Richard Wagner, composer

"I don't like feeling bitter. Being bitter 

makes you immobile, and there's

too much that I still want to do."

~  Richard Pryor, comedian

"I really think that living is the process of going

from complete certainty to complete ignorance."

~  Richard Dreyfuss, actor

"You don't learn to walk by following rules.

You learn by doing, and by falling over."

~  Richard Branson, businessman

"I believe we need heroes. I believe we 

need certain people who we can 

measure our own shortcomings by."

~  Richard Attenborough, actor/director

"Don't pray when it rains if you

don't pray when the sun shines."

~  Richard M. Nixon, U.S. President

"I was born not knowing and have had only

a little time to change that here and there."

Richard Feynman, physicist

"I am always stimulated by people.

Almost never by ideas."

~  Richard Avedon, photographer

"Everyone in this world is somehow connected. 

So why not just be nice to everybody?"

~  Richard Simmons, fitness personality

"Always have an answer – even if you

change your mind five minutes later."

~  Richard E. Grant, actor

"At the risk of appearing disingenuous,

I don't really think of myself as 'writing

humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world

I observe, which is frequently hilarious."

~  Richard Russo, novelist

"Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If 

you want to keep it quiet – don't tell a soul."

~  Richard Chamberlain, actor

"I'm the best corner in the game! When you try me 

with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the

result you gonna get! Don't you ever talk about 

me! Don't you open your mouth about the best, 

or I'm'll shut it for you real quick! L.O.B.!"  

~  Richard Sherman, football player

Songs About Holding On And Letting Go

And we're back, with a fresh batch of "Opposites" songs. Today, we're offering a vast selection of songs in a variety of genres linked only by the fact that they have either "Hold On" or "Let Go" (or some derivative of the two) in their titles. Enjoy! (That wasn't a request.)  ~  JH

1)  Drake ft. Majid Jordan  ~  "Hold On, We're Going Home"

2)  James Morrison  ~  "I Won't Let You Go"

3)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Hold On"

4)  Avril Lavigne ft. Chad Kroeger  ~  "Let Me Go"

5)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Hold On"

6)  3 Doors Down  ~  "Let Me Go"

7)  Twenty One Pilots  ~  "Holding On To You"

8)  Olly Murs  ~  "Please Don't Let Me Go"

9)  Shiloh  ~  "Can't Hold On"

10)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "I Won't Let Go"

11)  38 Special  ~  "Hold On Loosely"

12)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Let Go"

13)  Greyson Chance  ~  "Hold On 'Til The Night"

14)  Linda Kiraly  ~  "Can't Let Go"

15)  Cee Lo Green  ~  "I Want You (Hold On To Love)"

16)  Birdy  ~  "Let Him Go"  (cover of Passenger's "Let Her Go," which I've posted here on the blog previously)

17)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "Hold On"

18)  En Vogue  ~  "Don't Let Go (Love)"

19)  Richard Marx  ~  "Hold On To The Nights"

20)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Can't Let Go"

Songs With Directions In The Title, Vol. 4: "Right" Songs

We now return to our regularly scheduled music post miniseries. Part four of five, this particular collection includes a wide variety of songs linked only by the fact that they all contain the word "Right" in their titles. There are plenty of well-known artists here, so you shouldn't "leave hungry," so to speak. You're likely to find two or three songs you already know. Or maybe you won't, if music's not really your thing. Anyway, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Say It Right"

2)  Richard Marx  ~  "Right Here Waiting"

3)  Whitney Houston  ~  "It's Not Right, But It's Okay"

4)  Billy Currington  ~  "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"

5)  Brandy  ~  "Right Here (Departed)"

6)  Gossip  ~  "Move In The Right Direction"

7)  Nirvana  ~  "You Know You're Right"

8)  Zac Brown Band  ~  "Jump Right In"

9)  A Rocket To The Moon  ~  "Mr. Right"

10)  Building 429 ft. Dawn Michele (of Fireflight)  ~  "Right Beside You"

11)  Westlife  ~  "Something Right"

12)  Nicki Minaj  ~  "Right Thru Me"

13)  Billy Joel  ~  "You May Be Right"

14)  Sonata Arctica  ~  "I Have A Right"

15)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"

16)  Jesus Jones  ~  "Right Here, Right Now"

17)  Maruja Retana  ~  "Right Through Me"

18)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  "Right Beside You"

19)  Lisa Stansfield  ~  "This Is The Right Time"

20)  Adele  ~  "Right As Rain"