"I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so that I could not make out a single word. My life was a beautiful mystery on the verge of understanding, always on the verge! Think of it!"

-- Charles Simic

#Beautiful Quotes #Dream Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.”
“Don't you think it's time we thought about the future? Whether our children are gonna be winners or losers”
“As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.”
“I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.”

Source : Tug McGraw, Don Yaeger (2005). “Ya Gotta Believe!: My Roller-Coaster Life as a Screwball Pitcher and Part-Time Father, and My Hope-Filled Fight Against Brain Cancer”, Signet
“The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.”
“There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing.”
“I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.”
“You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.”

Source : Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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