"Life is short. Eat dessert first."

-- Jacques Torres

#Life Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Dessert Quotes

“Life is essentially a question of values.”
“I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.”

Source : "Kevin Bacon: this much I know". Interview with Jane Mulkerrins, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.”
“Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly, and your body is groaning and starting to really shout at you, saying, 'Why? Why? Why? Why are you doing this?'”
“Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!”
“Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are unalterable- disinterested love of truth, fidelity to facts, accuracy in measurement, exactness of verification-so, in life as a whole, the towering ethical criteria remain unshaken. Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.”
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
“It can never be wrong to give pleasure.”

Source : Augustine Birrell (1922). “The Collected Essays & Addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”

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