Frank Zappa on happiness
Frank Zappa75 quotes“The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich. That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.”
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We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else’s life.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa There are only two things to remember. Number one: Don’t Stop, and number two: Keep going!
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa You can bet everything will come to an end. It’s going to be ugly and it’s going to be a mess, and it’s going to be something that somebody did in the name of God.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Censoring what you say is one of the ways in which people who are not nice can take away your personal freedom.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it’s going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa One and one is eleven.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa The closer you are, the brighter the flames in my heart.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa I enjoy irritating the people who enjoy being irritated.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa If we can’t be free at least we can be cheap.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Britney SpearsBritney Spears My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that’s young, happy, and fun.
Britney SpearsBritney Spears Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
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