"Early risers catch the world waking and see its true colors."

-- Bernie Taupin

#Color Quotes #World Quotes #Waking Quotes

“As I understand it, I am being paid only for my work in arranging the words; my property is that arrangement. The thoughts in this book, on the contrary, are not mine. They came freely to me, and I give them freely away. I have no "intellectual property," and I think that all claimants to such property are theives.”
“The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something.”
“The sight of one's own heart is degrading; people are not meant to look inward - that's why they've been given bodies, to hide their souls.”
“The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.”

Source : Speech at Strasbourg, 11 May 1979, in P. Ziegler 'Mountbatten' (1985) ch. 52
“My wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.”
“Old Dan must have known he was dying. Just before he drew his last breath, he opened his eyes and looked at me. Then with one last sigh, and a feeble thump of his tail, his friendly gray eyes closed forever.”
“A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness”
“The force with which he wanted it both ways made him grit his teeth. What kind of fool wanted it only one way?”

Source : Maile Meloy (2010). “Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It”, p.197, Canongate Books

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