"The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this."

-- Mark Twain

#Society Quotes #Skins Quotes #Demand Quotes

“We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.”
“It would be impossible for me to give you a list of the top 10 songs that shake my life. Far more music went in to it than just ten.”
“Ice cubes sell more alcohol for the distilling industry than sexy models in cheesecake poses.”
“[On Ian Fleming:] The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.”
“If it can affect me, if it has meaning to me, if I feel I can do it well, I will do it and record it and thats why I recorded these songs.”
“in Los Angeles ... was the thinking-est crowd on earth: how to get ahead, how to mold a better body, how to have a better relationship, how to score, earn, fight, win, get published, be a star.”

Source : Caroline B. Cooney (2012). “Flash Fire”, p.21, Open Road Media
“Seeds not planted or tended by choice tend to be weeds, so at least for me, it's very helpful to consciously and periodically choose which seeds I want to water, and to think through what I expect to happen from that watering. Investors can spend a lot of time and energy reacting to the latest bits of news and trying to predict the next surprise, rather than choosing a consistent set of daily actions that they can carry out as things develop, regardless of how they develop.”
“Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they are treated as independent disciplines, it seems valid. Actually, the are derivatives of a single origin and in the skillful employment of words and images lies the expressive potential of the medium.”

Source : Will Eisner (2008). “Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist”, p.2, W. W. Norton & Company

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