Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. --Martin Luther
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." John F. Kennedy
A beautiful face will age and a perfect body will change, but a beautiful soul will always be a beautiful soul.
Dang, Nathan, doing that just about put me to sleep. It should come in handy when I really need it. The tattoo isn't that bad. It's small and on her ribcage, along with the cutest little arrow. There, I said it. It's cute. The darned thing is cute and I like it.
No false pride between friends. --Saying among nuns I was racing a friend on our bicycles. Just a spontaneous, casual race around the block as we were already riding. I won. Then he starts telling me that he raced in the Tour de France. A month later he tells me he's never been out of the country.
'I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. $10,000 for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.' ~ Robert Shaw as "Quint" - Jaws. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures, 1975 ~ 'I think I am familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this problem until it swims up and bites you in the ass.' ~ Richard Dreyfuss as "Matt Hooper" - Jaws. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures, 1975 ~ Two quotes which have been, & I think always will be relevant throughout human history.
Jaws never gets old. I was at a hobby store and these middle aged guys were quoting Jaws lines and chuckling at the display counter. I passed behind them and said in the perfect Quint rummble, "black eyes, like a doll's eyes." Cracked them up. When I'm tipsy I'll sit with my drink and repeat his lines till I get that Robert Shaw tone just right. "Sometimes that shark, he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. Y'know the thing about a shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'."