"If you paid me for work," continued Max, whose rhetoric was more sophisticated than you might expect from a man with food in his beard, "I wouldn't have to feel worthless. There's not law says old people have to feel worthless all the while, you know. You paid me, I'd have some dignity." Now it was Mile's turn to nod and smile agreeably. "I think the dignity ship set sail a long time ago, Dad."

-- Richard Russo

#Dad Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.”

Source : "Slash: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 26, 2011.
“Why don't women have respect for themselves nowadays? What happen to the woman who learned her grandmama's recipes and made her man sweet potato pie? I tell you, they don't make 'em like they used to. Will my real women stand up, please?”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There's a limit to what I can do with a makeup or with animatronics.”
“Was it fair to say I didn't know the full state of my soul?”
“As a means of subsidizing lawyers the present nuclear regulation system is well designed - but is there not perhaps a cheaper way of rewarding legal diligence? It would probably be cheaper to give each law school graduate a guaranteed salary of $50,000 a year on the condition that he (or she) not practice law.”
“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.”

Source : "Ways of Seeing". Book by John Berger; Penguin Books, 1972.
“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?”

Source : Faye Moskowitz (2011). “And the Bridge Is Love”, p.32, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“It's great to do commercial movies; they are fun. You're doing stunts, you are running around, there is a lot of money involved in the production; there are incredible sets and designs.”

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