"It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few moments. "A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an erection."

-- David Sedaris

#Ties Quotes #San Francisco Quotes #Looks Quotes

“In a start-up society, huge sums can fall on innocent parties, almost by accident .”
“God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.”
“You have to be there at the right time and you've got to be equipped.”
“The decision we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded and unjust customs or to the ethical demands of the universe. As Christians we owe our allegiance to God and His will, rather than to man and his folkways”
“Most loverspicture to themselves, in their mistresses, a secret reality, beyond and different from what they see every day. They are in love with somebody else--their own invention. And sometimes there is a secret reality; and sometimes reality and appearance are the same. The discovery, in either case, is likely to cause a shock.”
“I cannot write too much upon how necessary it is to be completely conservative that is particularly traditional in order to be free.”
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
“The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it.”

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