"Of course a certain number of scientists have to go mad, just to keep the tradition alive."

-- Matt Ruff

#Numbers Quotes #Mad Quotes #Alive Quotes

“Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I'm fine.”

Source : "Jesus' Son". www.imdb.com. 1999.
“These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.”

Source : "Diplomacy". Book by Harold George Nicolson, chapter 3, p. 126, 1939.
“I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you on another song. It's all a direct assault.”
“Shooting is a lost art. I want to be one of the artists who is remembered for a long, long time.”
“There are so many intellectual and moral angels battling for rationalism, good citizenship, and pure spirituality; so many and such eminent ones, so very vocal and authoritative! The poor devil in man needs all the support and advocacy he can get. The artist is his natural champion. When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.”
“I once heard a woman who had lost her dog say that she felt as though a color were suddenly missing from her world: the dog had introduced to her field of vision some previously unavailable hue and without a dog, that color was gone. That seemed to capture the experience of loving a dog with eminent simplicity. I'd amend it only slightly and say that if we are open to what they have to give, dogs can introduce us to several colors with names like wildness, nurturance, trust and joy.”
“I don't trade for excitement; I trade to win”
“Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion. Sometimes the quiet observer, sometimes the kid in the center of the messed-up carnival, these poems are the fireflies youâ€™ve missed all winter, the longed-for return of the bees. Unaffected and inherently hopeful, Callihanâ€™s work is as merciful as it is moving.”

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