"Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen."

-- William S. Burroughs

#Agency Quotes #Commodity Quotes #Danger Quotes

“Midnight Special on a sabre track movering movering, first stop Mercy and the last Hallelujah.”

Source : Robert Earl Hayden, Frederick Glaysher (1984). “Collected Prose”, p.182, University of Michigan Press
“Your past is not your past if it's still impacting your present.”
“The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.”
“Old politicians, like old actors, revive in the limelight. The vacancy which afflicts them in private momentarily lifts when, oncemore, they feel the eyes of an audience upon them. Their old passion for holding the centre of the stage guides their uncertain footsteps to where the footlights shine, and summons up a wintry smile when the curtain rises.”
“Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet.”
“...the law which is never to be broken is never required.”
“Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.”
“I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.”

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