"I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious."

-- Calvin Trillin

#People Quotes #Serious Quotes #Disturbed Quotes

“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.”
“I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?”
“Every morning just before breakfast I don't want no coffee or tea, just me and my good Buddy Wieser, that's all I ever need.”
“Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other.”
“When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.”
“First of all, God inspires me, where he's brought me, it blows my mind. To know that He brought me this far, it could not have been an accident, to go forward, I'm excited to leap into the void, I'm excited about tomorrow, the unknown, excited to see what else He has for me.”
“Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
“I don't understand "animal people" who say they are not environmentalists. Do they not realize that the vast majority of animals live in the environment?”

Source : "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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