"Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove."

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Source : Song: As Wise As A Serpent

Gerry Rafferty

#Wise Quotes #Love You Quotes #Blow Quotes

“The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills.”
“What we preach is what we get. We are farmers sowing seed. If we are unhappy with the harvest weâ€™re reaping, we should sow different seed. If we want different results, we preach different messages.”

Source : Phil Pringle (2013). “You The Leader”, p.199, Faris Digital Solutions
“what's life without a spice of stupidity”

Source : Nancy Springer (2003). “Outlaw Princess of Sherwood”, p.23, Penguin
“You can't get better at things you never play.”
“It may seem draconian, but the best recommendation I can make is to completely avoid grains.”

Source : John James Audubon (1873). “The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist”, p.145
“We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!”
“Your readers should be so compelled to read your copy that they cannot stop reading until they read all of it as if sliding down a slippery slide.”

Source : Joseph Sugarman (2012). “The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters”, p.52, John Wiley & Sons
“I would like to visit the factory that makes train horns, and ask them how they are able to arrive at that chord of eternal mournfulness. Is it deliberately sad? Are the horns saying, Be careful, stay away from this train or it will run you over and then people will grieve, and their grief will be as the inconsolable wail of this horn through the night? The out-of-tuneness of the triad is part of its beauty.”

Source : Nicholson Baker (2007). “Vintage Baker”, p.181, Vintage

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