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.
TOM WAITSAll the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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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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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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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’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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