"I love Tom [Waits] for the same reason I love Leonard Cohen, which is that they are both one-offs, templates; they both seemed old, or at least dressed old when they were young; both kind of lived their careers backwards."

-- Sylvie Simmons

#Careers Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Kind Quotes

“From the early days of the telegraph, to be a telegrapher was a job, and there weren't many of those folks. They could recognize each other's style by their dots and dashes. They called that the "fist." St. George, they have a fist. You taste something from St. George, even across categories - the gin, the whisky - it tastes like something from St. George. It's the same as going to a great bar: You get the soul of the person making it.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“But we're born as children and we look at the world with open eyes... And we don't judge and we don't betray. We're not jealous. We're not envious. We're not even weary, which is a danger also as kids. They have to learn a certain amount of awareness.”
“My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.”

Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
“It's exciting to see how fast your kids learn and grow. I'm not too worried about them, particularly the ones who like to break rules and don't follow instructions; those are the ones that will do just fine because they know what's important to them.”
“If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.”

Source : GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”
“Exercise makes me a better parent. I'm calmer and happier.”
“Thou art never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which He permits for the purification and beautifying of thy soul.”
“we have these instincts which defy all our wisdom and for which we never can frame any laws. ... They are powers which are imperfectly developed in this life, but one cannot help the thought that the mystery of this world may be the commonplace of the next.”

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