I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
TOM WAITSThe big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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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.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
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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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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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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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