"I was the rector's son, born to the anglican order, Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor; The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure."

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Source : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.91, Faber & Faber

Louis MacNeice

#Son Quotes #Poor Quotes #Marble Quotes

“It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.”
“I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up.”
“I haven't got time for the pain.”

Source : Song: Haven't Got Time For The Pain, Album: Hotcakes, 1974
“Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.”
“My body's feeling sore, but my soul is feeling pretty good.”

Source : Source: twfnews.com
“No machines will ever truly fully figure the brain out, because the brain's performance is constantly altered or else constrained by this inanimate, rogue artifact you can't control, namely, speech.”
“And the people who say things to you about the way you look and the way you dress, they have nothing more to their lives. That's all they do, and you have something more in you.”
“In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. July 7, 2004.

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