"You don't accomplish much by swimming with the mainstream. Hell, a dead fish can do that."

-- Kinky Friedman

#Swimming Quotes #Hell Quotes #Mainstream Quotes

“Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out.”
“A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”
“Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster, who break the spell of our loneliness.”
“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.”
“I regard it as ethically unacceptable and impractical to censor any aspect of trying to understand the nature of our world.”

Source : "Who's to blame?" by Lewis Wolpert, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2002.
“The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that's probably my favorite thing that I've done.”
“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”
“In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.”

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