"I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians."

-- Todd Barry

#People Quotes #Comedian Quotes #Want Quotes

“To create anythingâ€¦ is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.”
“A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.”
“When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.”
“Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.”
“"The only reason some of us are not exiled or thrown into prison is simply because we do not preach as fervently and as sternly as did Paul, John, Peter R.A. Torrey and others. This modern "santa claus" religion that is sweeping country today is not the religion Jesus taught and John practiced."”

Source : Oliver B. Greene (2015). “The Revelation: Verse by Verse Study”, p.25, Ravenio Books
“Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.”
“Getting things accomplished isn't nearly as important as taking time for love.”
“Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.”

Source : Mia Couto, David Brookshaw (2006). “Sleepwalking Land”, p.39, Profile Books

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