"I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme, I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy, and wise in spite of themselves."

-- Robertson Davies

#Wise Quotes #Blue Quotes #Hands Quotes

“No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.”
“If you're going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all.”
“The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.”
“You cannot change the stripes of a leopard.”
“I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was 21 years old and that was the joke. You intern there and you think man, I'm going to be with the writers and the great comedians. Then you're getting everybody sandwiches and then the doors close and then all the great creatives are doing the work.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have no desire for any type of introspection at all. I don't ever ask myself any questions. I don't want answers.”
“I love kissing. If I could kiss all day, I would. I canâ€™t stop thinking about kissing. I like kissing more than sex because thereâ€™s no end to it. You can kiss forever. You can kiss yourself into oblivion. You can kiss all over the body. You can kiss yourself to sleep. And when you wake up, you canâ€™t stop thinking about kissing. Dammit, I canâ€™t get anything done because Iâ€™m so busy thinking about kissing. Kissing is madness! But itâ€™s absolute paradise, if you can find a good kisser.”

Source : "Sufjan Stevens, Robyn, Hot Chip, Blood Orange, Phosphorescent on Arthur Russell Tribute" by Evan Minsker, pitchfork.com. July 15, 2014.
“I couldn't imagine that I'd ever fall in love again like I had with Gideon. For better or worse, he was my soulmate. The other half of me. In many ways, he was my reflection.”

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