"I do not mind having imaginary conversations with animals who are part of my life. The comfort of talking to one at a time of personal distress is so soothing because one has the ease of knowing that one's secrets will not be repeated to anyone. Yet there are those who are horrified that an animal can be a more reliable part of one's world than that of the human world."

-- Derek Tangye

#Animal Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Talking Quotes

“Practice? I mean, listen, we're talking about practice. Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We're talking about practice. Not a game. Not the game. Not the game. We're talkin about practice, man. We're talkin about practice. We're taklin about practice, man. What are we talkin about? Practice. We're talkin about practice, man.”
“I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE...”
“I want self-determination. If that means having a constitutional monarchy as the first step, fine. But, in the end, people in Bahrain should have the right to vote and choose their president. A single family should not be allowed to rule on its own.”
“It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.”
“General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.”
“The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down.”
“People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.”

Source : "The view from Hastings" by Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2002.
“Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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