Jay Perdue

Words to live by.

I love watching Regina dance. Even when she’s eerily disguised.

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I want to go to there.

"Here’s the truth about telling stories with your life. It’s going to sound like a great idea, and you are going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you’re not going to want to do it. It’s like that with writing books, and it’s like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain."

— Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life (via lauralynnbrown)

"The secret (to advertising) is respecting the consumer. You are interrupting their life. All advertising is unwanted, so if you’re going to crash the party, bring some champagne with you."

— Bob Thacker, senior marketing and advertising officer at OfficeMax

Entrancing.

On the streets of downtown Memphis, we asked random people representing a broad spectrum of our city the same question…”How do you agape?”