"If you do the same thing every day at the same time for the same length of time, you'll save yourself from many a sink. Routine is a condition of survival."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Happiness Quotes #Survival Quotes #Routine Quotes

“Don't start drinking before the fifth song.”

Source : "Fairytale story for Norton on his Euro debut" by Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2009.
“Texas Gov. Rick Perry referred to the Mexican city of Juarez as the most dangerous city in America. In his defense, he probably just thought it was an American city because there were so many Mexicans there.”
“Now I will believe that there are unicorns...”
“I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.”
“I've spent fifteen years of my life fighting for our right to be free and make love whenever, wherever... And you're telling me that all those years of what being gay stood for is wrong... and I'm a murderer. We have been so oppressed! Don't you remember how it was? Can't you see how important it is for us to love openly, without hiding and without guilt?”

Source : Larry Kramer (2000). “The Normal Heart and the Destiny of Me: Two Plays”, p.97, Grove Press
“Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days.”

Source : Manny Farber (2016). “Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Faber: A Special Publication of The Library of America”, p.91, Library of America
“In the end, the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less a competitive struggle for survival than a triumph of cooperation and creativity.”

Source : Fritjof Capra (1996). “The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems”, Doubleday
“People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.”

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