"I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage."

-- Rosie Thomas

#Fear Quotes #Doe Quotes #Far Away Quotes

“Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.”
“The standard of living of the average American has to decline.”

Source : "Volcker Asserts U.S. Must Trim Living Standard". www.nytimes.com. October 18, 1979.
“My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry, then that I show too much passion... make your minds up.”
“Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey wonâ€™t go, men lose their tempers and beat it; if a machine wonâ€™t go, there is no use beating it. You have to think and try till you find what is wrong. That is real education.”
“I'm grateful for my whole family, but my dad is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Superman, and Evel Knievel all at one time. I can think I have it all figured out, and he'll say, 'But did you look at that side of it?' He shows me just how much more there is than what appears to be.”
“It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.”
“My wife and I love to read. Were going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.”

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