"Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon."

-- Eddie Condon

#Jazz Quotes #Bourbon Quotes

“You can never say all the tricks have been done. Someone always shows you something you didn't know. Every year you think, 'Gee, I didn't think you could do that'.”
“Reasons get forgotten.”

Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage
“An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.”
“I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.”
“I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.”

Source : "Some Reflections on the Present Status of Organic Chemistry, in Science and Human Progress". Addresses at the Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Mellon Institute, 1963.
“I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.”
“Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.”
“a tree is never just a tree, it is bigger and deeper and wiser than a girl like you will ever be.”

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