"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to." -- Alfred A. Montapert --

 "An animal's eyes have the  power to speak a great language." -- Martin Buber -- 

 "A dog is the only thing on Earth that loves you more than he loves himself." -- Josh Billings --

 "Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." -- Maya Angelou --

 "If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die." -- William Shakespeare --

 "Without music, life would be a blank to me." -- Jane Austen --

 "I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I beleive wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind." -- John Diefenbaker --