"As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time."

-- Jack Vance

#Carpenter Quotes

“As much as we have free choice, absolute destiny is immutable. What is meant to happen does, through one measure or another.”
“So long as I could write things down I could give up talking for a VERY long time.”

Source : "Coup De Main x NZ On Air | The Veils". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. September 13, 2016.
“If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.”
“The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.”
“I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine.”
“The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.”
“Religion isn't yours firsthand until you doubt it right down to the ground.”
“We got half the doggone MIT college of engineering here, and nobody who can fix a doggone /television/?" Dr. Joseph Abernathy glared accusingly at the clusters of young people scattered around his living room. That's /electrical/ engineering, Pop," his son told him loftily. "We're all mechanical engineers. Ask a mechanical engineer to fix your color TV, that's like asking an Ob-Gyn to look at the sore on your di-ow!" Oh, sorry," said his father, peering blandly over gold-rimmed glasses. "That your foot, Lenny?”

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