"The steady pressure to consume, absorb, participate, receive, by eye, ear, mouth, and mail involves a cruelty to intestines, blood pressure, and psyche unparalleled in history."

-- Herbert Gold

#Eye Quotes #Blood Quotes #Ears Quotes

“If snow melts down to water, does it still remember being snow?”

Source : Jennifer McMahon (2014). “The Winter People: A Novel”, p.22, Anchor
“Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.”
“Can we do too much for the Lord? Certainly we all love Him. Therefore, I implore us, keep His commandments and become more like Him. Come unto Christ, eat the bread of life, drink the living water, and feast on His limitless love. He is our Savior, our Master, of whom I bear my humble witness.”
“I think there is a lot of fat in the government.”
“It is never the machines that are dead. It is only the mechanically-minded men that are dead.”

Source : "Crowds" by Gerald Stanley Lee, (Book II, Chapter V), 1913.
“Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.”
“I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if itâ€™s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.”
“Its very difficult in our society. You cannot impose certain behavioral changes. Education can do it at the right time, probably by high school. After that it is too late.”

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