"I don't like to see things on purpose. I like them to soak in. A friend . . . asked me to go to the top of the Empire State Building once, and I told him that he shouldn't treat New York as a sight-it's feeling, an emotional experience. And the same with every place else."

-- Robert Frost

#Friendship Quotes #New York Quotes #Emotional Quotes

“The worth of a book is a matter of expressed juices.”
“At 6 foot 7 Peter Crouch isn't as tall as he looks.”
“I don't care. I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that. Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview--they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.”
“Marriage I think For women Is the best of opiates. It kills the thoughts That think about the thoughts, It is the best of opiates. So said Maria. But too long in solitude she'd dwelt, And too long her thoughts had felt Their strength. So when the man drew near, Out popped her thoughts and covered him with fear. Poor Maria! Better that she had kept her thoughts on a chain, For now she's alone again and all in pain; She sighs for the man that went and the thoughts that stay To trouble her dreams by night and her dreams by day.”

Source : Stevie Smith (2015). “Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith”, p.707, Faber & Faber
“We only have victory over satan when we walk in the Spirit in Christ Jesus.”
“Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!”

Source : 1965 In Sports Illustrated,'Scorecard',19 Jul.
“Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance.”
“Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check. I fondled it for about five minutes and then sent it back. I told her I couldn't accept money from strangers.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com

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