"A closed mouth gathers no foot."

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James Alexander Thom

#Feet Quotes #Silence Quotes #Mouths Quotes

“I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.”
“He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day and looks like a ***** today.”
“Oftentimes, our videos are collective ideas from the group, but others, they're personal ideas. I wanted to represent the video, 'Futuro', as humanity in its current state, with some characters who, unfortunately, make decisions for the rest of us. The flying bus on which they're traveling represents life, or the historic moment that we are going through. That's what I wanted to convey.”
“Here is another marvy glimpse into the gothic basement that I call my mind.”
“Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.”
“The only sense we still respect is eyesight, probably because it is so closely attached to the brain. Go into any American house at random, you will find something - a plastic flower, false tiles, some imitation something - something which can be appreciated as material only if apprehended by eyesight alone. Don't we go sightseeing in cars, thinking we can experience a landscape by looking at it through glass?”
“To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.”

Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2007). “Spoon River Anthology: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.49, Prestwick House Inc
“Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!”

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