Tom Waits Quotes

Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.

Tom Waits

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GoodbyeRoadSongsMostTales

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Jim Rogers

WorldEndInvestmentLowsFour-Year

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

John Burdett

AmazingWorldPlaceThanOther

I'm allowed to have my opinions as an American, but it seems the Left becomes very intolerant when you have an opinion other than what they state.

Joe Wurzelbacher

OpinionAmericanOpinionsYouLeft

I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

Andrea Martin

LoveTheatreDoingYouFilmGet

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

Robert Smith

JobHabitTravelI AmPeopleWorld

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

Jeff Bridges

GreatBackLikePatNomination

We didn't have lawyers and accountants. No one was watching out for our money. We'd go to the office and get money and go on our way. I was 19-20 years old then. I was stupid. I didn't know any better. We weren't getting our fair share of the money. That happens to young musicians all the time. It makes me mad when I think how stupid we were.

Steve Jones

TimeMoneyMeStupidThinkBetter

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them.

Tommy Douglas

MindBuildingsWantMonumentsBecome

So many commercial orgs have software where you can come and modify it, but they still control everything. And what's controlled is very clearly what's good for their business, or if they're more progressive, their view of what's good for the Internet.

Mitchell Baker

GoodBusinessControlInternetView

I don't mind standing up for what I believe in.

Jason Momoa

MindBelieveI BelieveUpStanding

Women rule the world. It's not really worth fighting because they know what they're doing. Ask Napoleon. Ask Adam. Ask Richard Burton or Richie Sambora. Many a man has crumbled.

Jon Bon Jovi

WomenManWorldFightingDoingKnow

There's a tendency to dismiss anything having to do with love and intimacy in medicine because it's hard to measure.

Dean Ornish

LoveMedicineMeasureIntimacyHard

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