Quotes
Authors
Mick Farren
"You are frightened of everything. You call it caution. You call it common sense. You call it practicality. You call it playing the odds, but that's only because you're afraid to call it by its real name, and its real name is fear." --
Source : Mick Farren (2010). “Darklost”, p.154, Macmillan
Mick Farren
#Fear Quotes
#Real Quotes
#Names Quotes
“He in whom all this is destroyed, and taken out with the very root, he, when freed from hatred and wise, is called respectable.”
“Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.”
“Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.”
Source : O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.358, Delphi Classics
“Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.”
“... the mere thought of going near a man who is not mellowly pickled, and whose breath reeks of his native fleshy self, is squeamishly unpalatable to me.”
“I’m a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I’m really into a man’s man.”
“Some people are born into wonderful families. Others have to find or create them. Being a member of a family is a priceless membership that we pay nothing for but love.”
Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.42, David C Cook
“Do not sit idle, for indeed death is seeking you”