"But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. Van Gogh, Beethoven, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Pink Floyd (the early Piper at the Gates of Dawn line up), scientific breakthroughs, spiritual revolution, utopian visions, zany nationalism that kills millions- wait, thatâ€™s the bad kind. Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch)"

-- Tim Dorsey

#Spiritual Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Voodoo Programming: Things programmers do that they know shouldn't work but they try anyway, and which sometimes actually work, such as recompiling everything.”
“The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?”
“The most beautiful smile is the one for someone who isnâ€™t there, who just popped on your mind.”
“My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear”
“[John Musker] got me reading the mythology and we very early on we worked up a basic storyline centered around the character of Maui. He just seemed like a great character to kind of build a movie around. He's this mythic demi-god, bigger than life character. He pulled up islands with his magical fishhook. He slowed down the sun. He's Pan Pacific.”
“Velocity is one thing, but the thing that worries me is my ball-strike ratio is about 1-to-1.”
“All I can say is, it's a sort of kinship, as though there is a family tree of grief. On this branch, the lost children, on this the suicided parents, here the beloved mentally ill siblings. When something terrible happens, you discover all of the sudden that you have a new set of relatives, people with whom you can speak in the shorthand of cousins.”
“All the blood shed as a result of secession could be wiped up with a handkerchief.”

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