Interesting Quotes By President John F. Kennedy

On this, the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, here's a collection of interesting quotes by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.  ~  JH

 

"Ask not what your country can do for you,

ask what you can do for your country."

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only

to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

"Let us not seek to fix the blame the past. Let us

accept our own responsibility for the future."

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes

us well or ill, that we shall pay any price,

bear any burden, meet any hardship, 

support any friend, oppose any foe to assure

the survival and the success of liberty."

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible

will make violent revolution inevitable."

"The best road to progress is freedom's road."

"A man may die, nations may rise 

and fall, but an idea lives on."

"Efforts and courage are not enough

without purpose and direction."

"Victory has a thousand fathers, 

but defeat is an orphan."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom

and the enemy of growth."

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment

to one's own beliefs. Rather, it condemns

the oppression or persecution of others."

"Too often we enjoy the 

comfort of opinion without

the discomfort of thought."

"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far

less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction."

"The greater our knowledge increases,

the more our ignorance unfolds."

"I look forward to a great future in America – a

future in which our country will match its military

strength with our moral restraint, its wealth

with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."

"Same" & "Different" Songs

Have you had it up to HERE with these stupid "Opposites" music posts? Well then, you probably won't like this one either. For the rest of you, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Blunt  ~  "Same Mistake"

2)  Ximena Sariñana  ~  "Different"

3)  Sick Puppies  ~  "All The Same"

4)  Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Ponys  ~  "Different Drum"

5)  Sean Paul  ~  "Never Gonna Be The Same"

6)  General Luna  ~  "Different Corners"

7)  Rob Thomas  ~  "Ever The Same"

8)  Janne Schra  ~  "Different"

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9)  The Echo Friendly  ~  "Same Mistakes"

10)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Different World"

11)  Melanie C. ft. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes  ~  "Never Be The Same Again"

12)  Collin Raye  ~  "Not That Different"

13)  The Weepies  ~  "Same Changes"

14)  The Exies  ~  "Different Than You"

15)  Anya Marina  ~  "All The Same To Me"

16)  Asaf Avidan  ~  "Different Pulses"

17)  Anita Baker  ~  "Same Ole Love"

18)  Sore  ~  "Different"

19)  Scorpions  ~  "Under The Same Sun"

20)  Jes Hudak  ~  "Different Worlds"

Songs About Thinking And Knowing

Okay, same deal as yesterday. A bunch of songs with one thing in common – they all have either the word "Think" or "Know" (or some derivative of such) in their titles. Some good songs here – and a couple of mediocre ones. Enter at your own risk. (Not really.)  ~  JH

1)  Katy Perry  ~  "Thinking Of You"

2)  Chris Brown ft. Aaliyah  ~  "Don't Think They Know"

3)  Montgomery Gentry  ~  "What Do Ya Think About That?"

4)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "Mr. Know It All"

5)  Keith Urban  ~  "You'll Think Of Me"

6)  Colbie Caillat ft. Gavin DeGraw  ~  "We Both Know"

7)  Céline Dion  ~  "Think Twice"

8)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)"

9)  Public Enemy  ~  "Harder Than You Think"

10)  Collective Soul  ~  "The World I Know"

11)  Jessica Simpson  ~  "I Think I'm In Love With You"

12)  Norah Jones  ~  "Don't Know Why"

13)  Darius Rucker  ~  "Don't Think I Don't Think About It"

14)  Paramore  ~  "All We Know"

15)  Misha B.  ~  "Do You Think Of Me?"

16)  Adam Lambert  ~  "Better Than I Know Myself"

17)  Garbage  ~  "I Think I'm Paranoid"

18)  Ellie Goulding  ~  "I Know You Care"

19)  The Partridge Family  ~  "I Think I Love You"

20)  KISS  ~  "Sure Know Something"

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"

Country Rap??? Really?? Apparently So.

I've "discovered" some off-the-wall music in my time as a blogger (and general music enthusiast). But "country rap" takes the cake, hands down. I didn't even know this sub-genre existed until recently, and I certainly had never heard it either on the radio or anywhere else. But apparently, country rap – or "hick-hop" as it's affectionately nicknamed – is gaining some degree of popularity, so I felt compelled to check it out. Here's a small collection of songs by some of the more well-known country rappers, with a brief commentary from me on each one. Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  Kid Rock  ~  "Cowboy"  (A "classic" rock/hip-hop/country hybrid, and likely the song that started the whole country-rap "phenomenon")

2)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. Timbaland  ~  "Deliverance"  (Sounds more hip-hop than country to me, but the underlying influence – at least topically – is definitely there)

3)  Cowboy Troy ft. Sarah Buxton  ~  "If You Don't Wanna Love Me"  (Now, this I like! Nice and easy flow, with a beautifully sung chorus)

4)  Colt Ford ft. Jake Owen  ~  "Back"  (Nice song – this guy's got talent, even if he doesn't have the smoothest flow)

5)  The Lacs  ~  "Keep It Redneck"  (This one's got a Dirty South hip-hop sound, with a distinctly redneck flavor)

6)  Big Smo ft. Alexander King  ~  "Lick Life"  (Apparently this song is a musical companion to the Lizard Lick Towing TV show – this "hardcore" dude's a country gangsta! LOL!)

7)  Charlie Farley ft. Daniel Lee  ~  "Backwood Boys"  (Dude's got a sick flow and the featured singer is good, too – I don't personally embrace the whole "lifestyle" that's described here, but that doesn't mean it's not an entertaining song)

8)  Moccasin Creek  ~  "Being Country"  (If Lynyrd Skynyrd had a rapper in the band, I bet they'd sound a little something like this)

9)  Twang & Round  ~  "Bury Me"  (Twang is right, and the other guy's definitely round – that being said, a nice hybrid of country and hip-hop; WARNING: A few mild expletives are interspersed throughout the lyrics – I'd rate it a PG at worst)

10)  Bottleneck  ~  "Ride On"  (Simple, easy flow with a good country tune backing it – good stuff!)