We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
TOM WAITSPeople get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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