"The old notion that brevity is the essence of wit has succumbed to the modern idea that tedium is the essence of quality."

-- Russell Baker

#Essence Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Quality Quotes

“Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.'”
“The ones who close the path for peacefull revolution, at the same time open the path for violent revolution.”
“Truth is so difficult to hear about. It must be experienced.”
“I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.”
“Being a Boy Scout saved my life. I was a bookish, introverted kid, shy and withdrawn, unhappy and easily bullied. I was also gay, although I didn't know it yet. I should've been miserable. But being a scout got me out of myself and into the world.”
“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.”
“If you look at any designer you admire, whose work inspires you, and whose approach somehow resonates with you, I promise you'll find a person who does not think of what they do as just their job”
“He likes a day in the studio to end, he says, "when my knees are all skinned up and my pants are wet and my hair's off to one side and I feel like I've been in the foxhole all day. I don't think comfort is good for music. It's good to come out with skinned knuckles after wrestling with something you can't see. I like it when you come home at the end of the day from recording and someone says, "What happened to your hand?" And you don't even know. When you're in that place, you can dance on a broken ankle.”

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