The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
TOM WAITSI’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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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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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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I was always laughing in church.
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I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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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.
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Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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