"I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination."

-- Charles Baudelaire

#Blue Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Yellow Quotes

“All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.”
“I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.”
“Clark, what in your honest opinion is the right standard for determining conduct? Is the only right standard for everyone, the probable action of Jesus Christ? Would you say that the highest, best law for a man to live by was contained in asking the question 'What would Jesus do?' And then doing it regardless of results? In other words, do you think men everywhere ought to follow Jesus' example as closely as they can in their daily lives?”
“There is no refuge from yourself.”

Source : Matt Rasmussen, “Elegy In X Parts [Kafka Said, A Book]”
“Avoid retirement playgrounds like poison, because that's exactly what they are.”
“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.”

Source : Mary Roach (2012). “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”, p.14, Penguin UK
“There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.”
“I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer.”

Source : "Rapper Angel Haze on religion, rape and survival" by Alex Macpherson, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2013.

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