"A thought falls like a ripe fruit from the tree of idleness."

-- Natalie Clifford Barney

#Fall Quotes #Tree Quotes #Fruit Quotes

“There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.”
“The more we sweat, the less we bleed.”
“I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can't be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgements can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only response to pain.”
“People ask me if I'm influenced by British music, and I suppose I grew up listening to mostly British music - from new wave stuff through to heavy metal. Like, when I got into metal, it was Black Sabbath. I never really got into a lot of American rock. I appreciate some of it, but not much! Most of the great new wave music was coming out of Britain, and Germany. So maybe those influences have made their way into my music, and perhaps that's why I have this connection with people in Europe. But maybe it's something cosmic.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Behind the fury, he was tired. He was tired of being hauled around and shoved into a little room. He was tired of trying for me and failing. And to have Minias know it, to be carted off under his leashâ€¦It was almost insulting. Maybe, if I gave Al a night of peace to lick his wounds and his pride, he would grant that same courtesy to me?”
“To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.”
“A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie.”
“The dollar is the final term in almost every equation which arises in the practice of engineering in any or all of its branches, except qualifiedly as to military and naval engineering, where in some cases cost may be ignored.”

Source : "Industrial Engineering". An Address Delivered at the Purdue University, February 24, 1905.

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