"Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul."

-- Robert A. Burton

#Men Quotes #Land Quotes #Smoking Quotes

“Life is the love that reaches out, building bridges across gulfs of uncertainty to touch hands, hearts, and souls in the experience of union.”
“I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks”
“Real inspired acting is never DOING, it is always HAPPENING”
“A silly row which got out of hand.”
“Something about the goat dancing made me want to cry.”
“I feel that anyone can do farming. But people who are in it for the long haul have to have a little bit of tenacity. You have to do it because you love it, not because it's cool, because there will be moments when it's not cool.”
“When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety.”

Source : "Comics: Meet the Artist" online cha, www.washingtonpost.com. July 31, 2002.
“The best way to keep your daughter out of hot water is to put some dishes in it.”

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