"It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way."

-- Lewis Thomas

#Trying Quotes #Way Quotes #Enchanted Quotes

“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”
“Oh, the world's a curious compound, with its honey and its gall, With its cares and bitter crosses, but a good world after all. And a good God must have made it-leastways, that is what I say, When a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort of way.”
“Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.”
“I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.”

Source : "Toby Jones on playing Alfred Hitchcock and improvising with Danny McBride". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2012.
“The arrogance and brutality of empire are not repealed when they temporarily get deployed in a just cause.”
“I fool around with guitar and I can fool around on piano. I don't really play either instrument although I can play a couple of songs on guitar. You don't really need to be able to play to compose. There are many composers and arrangers who work out of their heads.”
“The governmentâ€™s not going to create jobs. It doesnâ€™t have to. People have to create jobs...”
“I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear and throw him higher. Pittsburgh and happiness high up. The only way to leave even the smallest trace. So that all his life her son would feel gladness unaccountably when anyone spoke of the ruined city of steel in America. Each time almost remembering something maybe important that got lost.”

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