"In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet."

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Source : Les Dawson (2012). “Les Dawson's Joke Book”, p.19, Michael O'Mara Books

Les Dawson

#Moon Quotes #Space Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.”
“I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.”
“High-consequence risks form one particular segment of the generalised 'climate of risk' characteristic of late modernity - one characterised by regular shifts in knowledge-claims as mediated by expert systems.”

Source : Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.127, John Wiley & Sons
“I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.”
“Faith is trust in what the spirit learned eons ago....”
“Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.”
“My touring isn't about collecting souvenirs and always being on the go. My souvenirs are writing in my journal and creating new music, because that fits easily into my backpack when I'm travelling around the world. It's something that I can share later with fans or with future family members.”
“I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.”

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