I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
TOM WAITSWe are all just monkeys with money and guns.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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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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The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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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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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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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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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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