"Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all."

-- Phyllis McGinley

#Alive Quotes #Wormwood Quotes

“Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel, and death in ambush lay in every pill.”

Source : Sir Samuel Garth, Thomas Tickell (1822). “The Poems of Garth, and Tickell”, p.54
“My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.”
“If I had time and a hammer, I'd track down every bootleg copy and smash it.”
“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.”

Source : Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand, July 26, 1999.
“Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person. The whole idea of empathy is gone. We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.”

Source : "How Do Our Worst Moments Shape Us?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, andrewsolomon.com. August 01, 2014.
“If George W. Bush really has the courage of his convictions the United States very soon will either wind up dominating the United Nations (as it should) or rendering it impotent (which would probably be even better).”
“It is difficult to get rid of people when you once have given them too much pleasure ...”

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