Tom Waits Quotes

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

Tom Waits

Recitation: by Male by Female

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HappinessKnowledgeConfusedWealth

Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

Stella Benson

FamilyBondStrangersAliveJokes

Wherever I go, people want to come and meet me. At times, I feel a bit suffocated too, as I am unable to be normal and myself.

Shilpa Shinde

MyselfI AmPeopleMeFeelMeet

From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in trouble, they can fix it later. So they don't pay that much attention, and of course it costs a lot more money.

Robert Zemeckis

MoneyAttentionCinemaTroubleKnow

If a bank's too big so that it can't fail without hurting our economy, well then, it's too big.

Martin O'Malley

BankEconomyWithoutFailBigWell

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.

Lubna Olayan

EducationCreativeThoughtGoWhy

I'm essentially a humorist and, I think, a pretty good one. I've known all along that 'My Friend Dahmer' is the one book I'll be most known for, and in a way, that's a drag, as it's nothing like the rest of the work I've done or will do moving forward. But the way I figure, it's better to have a best-known work than not to have one at all.

Derf

WorkGoodFriendMoving ForwardBook

Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It's the designer supplements that are worrisome.

Dick Durbin

DayMeEvery DaySafeVitaminsTake

I didn't make 'Wild Bill' because I wanted to become a director; I just wanted to make 'Wild Bill.'

Dexter Fletcher

BecomeWildDirectorBecauseJust

I have no ambitions beyond being comfortable in what I do for a living - and earning a living.

Craig Ferguson

LivingComfortableBeyondEarning

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

Augustus Hare

GoodHomeParadiseHisAmongAdam

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

Wilma Rudolph

FamilyGoalsYouAchieveWayAlways

Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.

William J. Clinton

ChangeGoodPowerMoneyTogether

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