"My brother was born without taste or the desire to be professionally lit."

-- Augusten Burroughs

#Brother Quotes #Desire Quotes #Taste Quotes

“Where did the love come from? What was it made of?”
“Lips half-willing in a doorway. Lips half-singing at a window. Eyes half-dreaming in the walls. Feet half-dancing in a kitchen. Even the clocks half-yawn the hours And the farmers make half-answers.”
“I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn't be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters - who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.”

Source : The Straits Times, April 20, 1987.
“The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.”
“You put your head on the ground, and in that moment everything was okay.”
“I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.”
“It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.”
“There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have is so detailed.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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