There’s no prayer like desire.
TOM WAITSThere’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
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I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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