"Anonymity is not necessarily something to shun; we don't have to achieve celebrity to make a mark on the world."

-- Mal Fletcher

#World Quotes #Achieve Quotes #Mark Quotes

“The poets are supposed to liberate the words â€“ not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets are meant to sing and to make words sing. Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody? 'Your very own words,' indeed! And who are you?”

Source : Brion Gysin, William S. Burroughs, Ian Sommerville (1973). “Brion Gysin let the mice in”, Ultramarine Pub Co
“Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know.”
“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.”
“I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.”
“Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights at night.”
“The most important factor in abandoning our thoughts is to look in the Bible and see what God says about a matter. Then we must determine to act on His Word rather than on our own thoughts or those the devil may whisper into our minds.”
“You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality”

Source : Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, p.92, Simon and Schuster
“I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who has taught me so much about life. Hanging around with them, it's nothing I could have believed in grade school. I could be with all of them? Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Dean Martin ... this former third-string pitcher from the Norristown High baseball team and the son of an Italian immigrant? I really am in awe when I think that has happened to me. What a life.”

Source : "Q&A: Tommy Lasorda talks food, baseball and motivation, as only Mr. Dodger can". Interview with Tom Hoffarth, www.dailynews.com. July 15, 2013.

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