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- Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. — Samuel Johnson
- Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. — Thomas Jefferson
- All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
- You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work. — Dave Van Ronk
- I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We're putting things together. — Dave Van Ronk
- If you look at music, you see theme, variation, you see symmetry, asymmetry, you see structure, and these are related to skills in the real world. — Dave Van Ronk