"There comes a time in a man's life when he hears the call of the sea. If the man has a brain in his head, he will hang up the phone immediately."

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Dave Barry

#Men Quotes #Phones Quotes #Sea Quotes

“God doesn't tell us to care for the less fortunate, He demands it.”
“I thought I had finished with romantic adventures, but half-way through life and well past the age for losing one's heart, I was suddenly swept off my feet by a new love, a passionate, tyrannical, all-absorbing emotion: the love of a garden.”

Source : Patience Strong (1951). “The Glory of the Garden”
“The past lies beneath the surface, intransigent truth. Remembered or not, what we say and do remains, always.”

Source : Meredith Hall (2007). “Without a Map: A Memoir”, p.250, Beacon Press
“A daily newspaper should report the news, not play at geopolitics.”

Source : Interview with Amy Goodman, progressive.org. June 28, 2013.
“The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that movement precedes you, then how could you ever call your thoughts your own? How could you be anything other than a slave to the darkness that comes before?”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Darkness that Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.250, The Overlook Press
“Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.”

Source : Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com
“Literature is the garden of wisdom.”
“You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.”

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