"The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character."

-- George Santayana

#Philosophy Quotes #Character Quotes #Men Quotes

“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”
“Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle-face it; 'tis God's gift.”
“So laugh, lads, and quaff, lads, twill make you stout and hale; through all my days, I'll sing the praise of brown October ale.”

Source : Reginald De Koven, Harry Bache Smith (1898). “Robin Hood: A Comic Opera in Three Acts”
“If you ask me if Iâ€™m imagining it again, Iâ€™m going to punch you out, Dead Man Walking.â€ Michael raised his eyebrows and glanced at Eve. â€œHe doesnâ€™t sound crazy.â€ â€œEr,â€ she clarified, â€œcrazier. He sounds like heâ€™s back to normal, which is baseline crazy.”
“When you're playing live, those people who you're trying to please and reach, they're right there giving you feedback. And you don't get that feedback in the studio.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't.”
“In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.”
“I tell cold callers I'm very interested but a bit deaf, my hearing aid is not working properly and can they speak up. The idea is to deliberately miss-hear what they say, ask them to repeat, only louder, and see how loud I can get them to shout. After a while I say "I'm not really deaf" and was just wasting their time, as they were doing with me.”

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