"Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men."

-- Christopher Morley

#Men Quotes #Self Quotes #Young Quotes

“Make no mistake, the woman had a heart. She had a bigger one that people would think. There was a lot in it, stored up, high in miles of hidden shelving. Remember that she was the woman with the instrument strapped to her body in the long, moon-slit night.”
“It's nice to always have a job and not be floating out in the ether waiting for whatever the next big thing is. So, in that way I hope there's no a shelf-life for great shows. On the other hand, you don't want to be working on something that's reached its peak and become irrelevant.”
“Anti-alcoholics are unfortunates in the grip of water, that terrible poison, so corrosive that out of all substances it has been chosen for washing and scouring, and a drop of water added to a clear liquid like Absinthe, muddles it.”
“Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.”
“When you look into the faces of these quiet creatures who don't know how to tell stories--who are mute, who can't make themselves heard, who fade into the woodwork, who only think of the perfect answer after the fact, after they're back at home, who can never think of a story that anyone else will find interesting--is there not more depth and more meaning in them? You can see every letter of every untold story swimming on their faces, and all the signs of silence, dejection, and even defeat. You can even imagine your own face in those faces, can't you?”
“My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.”
“Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!”
“My Pleasure is my business”

Source : "My Pleasure Is My Business". www.imdb.com. 1975.

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