"The authors of all our misfortune."

-- Jefferson Davis

#War Quotes #History Quotes #Misfortunes Quotes

“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on the underside of a bush in late summer, viewing it as a sign of the unexpected munificence of a divine creator, but we became modern when we gave up on awaiting sporadic gifts from above and sought to render any pleasing sensation immediately and repeatedly available.”
“I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.”
“Mine (story) ain't the scariest, the clearest, the most painful, or the most beautiful. It just happens to be the one that's got it's fingers around my throat.”
“Emptiness is the track on which the centered person moves.”
“I smiled, I waited, I was circumspect; O never, never, never write that I missed life or loving.”
“You pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm okay, sometimes that's just what we need to get us through the day.”
“The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!”
“I do my job like I breathe â€” so if I canâ€™t breathe Iâ€™m in trouble.”

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