"I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing."

-- Lauren Bacall

#Wish Quotes #Shut Up Quotes #Frank Quotes

“Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me.”
“Floyd Sklootâ€™s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one manâ€™s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months of extreme vertigo and decades of neurological turbulence would be filled with so much joy and optimism? This gentle, wise, and perceptive memoir never fails to surprise.”
“Love is listening when they are ready to talk--midnight, 6:00 A.M. on their way to seminary, or when you're busy with your urgencies.”
“We read our mail and counted up our missions In bombers named for girls, we burned The cities we had learned about in school Till our lives wore out; our bodies lay among The people we had killed and never seen. When we lasted long enough they gave us medals; When we died they said, "Our casualties were low." They said, "Here are the maps"; we burned the cities.”
“You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted!”
“The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.”

Source : Le Corbusier (2013). “Towards a New Architecture”, p.19, Courier Corporation
“You offer a sincere compliment on a great mustache and suddenly she's not your friend.”
“Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.144

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