A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
TOM WAITS
TOM WAITS
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Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.
Tom WaitsTom Waits All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
Tom WaitsTom Waits Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
Tom WaitsTom Waits You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
Tom WaitsTom Waits The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
Tom WaitsTom Waits But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
Tom WaitsTom Waits The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
Tom WaitsTom Waits Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
Tom WaitsTom Waits It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
Tom WaitsTom Waits You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
Tom WaitsTom Waits They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
Tom WaitsTom Waits
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh
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CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I’ll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Never underestimate a dumb question.
Brandon BoydBrandon Boyd We’re not attempting to circumcise rules.
Bill CowherBill Cowher We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb.
Bootsy CollinsBootsy Collins I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
Bill ParcellsBill Parcells It’s all right leaping about the stage when you’re 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
Bill WymanBill Wyman And he nipped them in the bud, right at the end
Bob HolnessBob Holness Life is very important to Americans.
Bob DoleBob Dole