"I once recommended [in a San Francisco Chronicle column] that a third arm - a plastic arm - be sewn at the base of the spine so that people could have a tripod to sit on while waiting in line, and it was taken seriously."

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Source : Source: www.esquire.com

Alan Abel

#Taken Quotes #San Francisco Quotes #Waiting In Line Quotes

“The proper way to make policy decisions under our Constitution in America is for the people to do so through the democratic process.”
“ISIS will be wiped out.Just off the face of the earth. This is evil.”
“Do you live in a mine field or a garden? When we live in a minefield mentality, we explode with the weeds of worry, doubt, fear, lack and limitation. Choose to cultivate your inner garden!”
“Love is the one surprise.”
“Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.”
“I have learnt to be even more patient.”
“On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.42, Mondial
“How many people is the earth able to sustain?”

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