"Why do we marry, why take friends and lovers? Why give ourselves to music, painting, chemistry or cooking? Out of simple delight in the resident goodness of creation, of course; but out of more than that, too. Half earth's gorgeousness lies hidden in the glimpsed city it longs to become."

-- Robert Farrar Capon

#Lying Quotes #Simple Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.”
“A lot of people hear the records on the radio, they aren't absolutely sure who exactly Tears For Fears is, they just know they like the song.”
“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.”
“The more you give, the better you become.”
“Starting a new retirement plan for those below a certain age is something tens of millions of Americans have already been through at work.”
“So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be â€¦ that itch, that desire for good is God's proof to you sent already to indicate that it's yours. You already have it. Claim it.”
“I, as a storyteller, was asking questions no one in science had apparently asked. What happens in a nest of tyrannosaurs? They're precocial, meaning when they hatch, they're ready to feed and move about. My questions are "Hmm, if there's a nest of tyrannosaurs, and there's three siblings that survive, would they try to eat each other?”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, www.avclub.com. July 23, 2009.
“Pregnancy takes a huge physical toll on your body. I have many friends who have had babies and many of them require medical help and attention, emergency Cesarean sections and forceps. If you think that people just have a kid and it's no big deal, that's not true. It's one of the most dangerous things for a woman to do. If you take away access to accessible medical women in America, you're going to bump up the death rate.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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