"I was playing organ at a silent movie house at Harlem and they'd be showing some death scene on the screen. Likely as not, I'd grab a bottle and start swingin' out on 'Squeeze Me' or 'Royal Garden Blues'. The managers complained but, heck, they couldn't stop me!"

-- Fats Waller

#Garden Quotes #House Quotes #Bottles Quotes

“Faith builds the bridge from this old world to the new.”
“In a word, man in London is not quite so good a creature as he is out of it.”
“fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.”
“Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.”

Source : Mona Simpson (2011). “The Lost Father”, p.195, Vintage
“Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.”
“Trust me, if I were gay I'd be getting more action than I'm getting now.”
“Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.
“Any phrase that suggests play is this domain that's the opposite of work, or the thing that you do when you're done working, should trouble us. Because it means that play is always relegated to the exhaust of life. It's the thing that you do after you do the important stuff, it's what you do on your own time.”

Source : Source: app.longform.org

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