"There are many things in this world that are an outrage, to be sure, but death at our current life expectancy doesnâ€™t strike me as one of them. Maybe I sound like some Victorian who felt that forty years ought to be enough for any man, but one of the marks of a life well lived has to be reaching a state of finally getting it, of not needing more, and of being able to sign off with something approaching peace of mind."

-- David Rakoff

#Men Quotes #Years Quotes #Mind Quotes

“That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.”
“Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born, And all poor April's charms are swept away.”
“Somtimes I regret [that debut album was titled "Bad Azz" ], because people take it the wrong way. Everybody got a bad ways, and I'm a 'Bad Ass'... whenever I'm not good, so that's what I'm talkin' about.”

Source : Source: djbooth.net
“Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.”
“Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.”
“I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played.”
“Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.”

Source : Letter from Jones to the Marquis de Lafayette, May 01, 1779.
“A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the meat-eaters hunt only on our orders.”

Source : "Lesser Evils" by Michael Ignatieff, www.nytimes.com. May 2, 2004.

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