"The streets were full of insane & dull people. Most of them lived in nice houses and didn't seem to work, and you wondered how they did it."

-- Charles Bukowski

#Monday Quotes #Nice Quotes #People Quotes

“Fitness has always been a big part of my life, so I train twice a day, every day, as I always have done, but also eating very healthfully. I don't eat sugar, I don't have caffeine, I don't eat wheat - I look after my body outside and inside. It's just a part of who I've always been.”
“No matter what - rehearsed, under-rehearsed, over-rehearsed, doubts about rehearsing - the first gig is always the first gig, and you put on your little praying hat, batten down the hatch, and do what you do.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mick Fleetwood from Sep 08, 2014
“I am a bit difficult to be around sometimes. I can be stubborn on a lot of things, and I'm set, but I can also adapt in a conflict situation and don't hold on to an ego. I end up seeing the larger good and adapt to it, provided it benefits me. I may come across as a cold person, but I am extremely sentimental.”
“We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.”
“I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved.”
“The ability to talk well is to a man what cutting and polishing are to the rough diamond. The grinding does not add anything to the diamond. It merely reveals its wealth.”
“Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively dirtier and a more dangerous place, because nuclear power and nuclear weapons go hand in hand.”

Source : "Nuclear power is too risky" by Mark Z. Jacobson, www.cnn.com. February 22, 2010.
“My thoughts, I guess, are bitter: who but the bitter have thoughts?”

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