"Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive."

-- Gregory Bateson

#Together Quotes #Fabric Quotes #Alive Quotes

“My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?”

Source : "What I've Learned: Garry Shandling". www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“The one and original lovable monster is lost amid all the hydraulic manipulations in what now emerges as the story of a dumb blonde who falls for a huge plastic finger.”
“We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.”
“The present, like a note in music, is nothing but as it appertains to what is past and what is to come.”
“If the world watched how you worked today, would the world rise to its feet and applaud?”
“Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship 's gifts are priceless all.”

Source : Theocritus (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Theocritus (Illustrated)”, p.127, Delphi Classics
“My worst habit used to be smoking but I quit.”

Source : "Katherine Heigl's 18-Month-Old Daughter Already Using Curse Words?" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. May 28, 2010.

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