"I liked AC/DC," Lee said. "If you were going to shoot someone, you'd really want to do it while you were listening to them." "What about the Beatles? Did you feel like shooting anyone listening to them?" Lee considered seriously for a moment, then said, "Myself." At the same time he was laughing, Ig was distressed. Not liking the Beatles was almost as bad as not knowing about them at all."

-- Joe Hill

#Knowing Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Listening Quotes

“I'm actually way more funny now, because I'm hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was.”
“I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of honor.”

Source : Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft (1913). “Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz”, Putnam Juvenile
“We all long for someone with whom we are able to share our peculiar burdens of being alive.”

Source : Salley Vickers (2008). “The Other Side of You: A Novel”, p.102, Macmillan
“Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe for all - every gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, age, and ability.”
“Congressman Berg will repeatedly talk about Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and I find it interesting, because this morning, when I woke up and brushed my teeth, I looked in the mirror and I did not see a tall, African-American, skinny man. So let's make it clear that my priorities are North Dakota priorities.”

Source : "Dem takes Palin approach on energy" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. September 05, 2012.
“The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle.”
“Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.”
“There is extraordinary chemistry that exists in long-term relationships”

Source : Jay Conrad Levinson, Jeannie Levinson (2007). “Startup Guide to Guerrilla Marketing: A Simple Battle Plan for First-Time Marketers”, p.53, Entrepreneur Press

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