"A man gets on a train with his little boy, and gives the conductor only one ticket. 'How old's your kid?' the conductor says, and the father says, 'He's four years old.' 'He looks at least twelve to me,' says the conductor. And the father says, 'Can I help it if he worries?"

-- Robert Benchley

#Father Quotes #Kids Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Many 'natural' events - like early death, disease, hardship - are neither desirable nor necessary.”
“I can't drink. I have too much to lose. I can't lose my job over something I can stop.”
“A spectre is haunting Western academia (...), the spectre of the Cartesian subject.”
“Often, out of our greatest rejection comes our greatest direction.”
“I haven't had an orthodox career.”
“There are so many artists these days that are trying to imitate other artists and go for a certain style; there's a lot of bullshit in the music industry. I don't want to deviate from anything else other than the music, cause that's why I listen to my favorite records - not because I like the way the artists dress.”
“Fine art is knowledge made visible.”
“In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: 'When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?'”

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