Billy Colman Quotes & Sayings

It seems that one moment I was this little kid only caring about animals and flowers and stuff, and then the next minute I was this raging stew of hormones. I don't know if you've ever been a raging stew of anything, but I wouldn't particularly recommend it. — Julie Burchill

Although sometimes the morbid is also the transcendent, the transcendent cannot be reduced to the morbid. — Siri Hustvedt

A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit. — Wavy Gravy

It is in general true that in order to create works of art one has to have leisure. On the other hand I think that one needs to experience resistance in a practical sense, and even that which is poignant to bring out what makes easy reading for others. Too much deprivation of course, means death. — Marianne Moore

The library knows that it is a temporary fix. We have a stamp for the inside front cover: BROKEN SPINE NOTED. It is like a bracelet worn by a diabetic. When you return the book with this message stamped inside, we know you're not the one responsible for this horrible thing. It was some other bastard before you. The book has a preexisting condition. — Don Borchert

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget. — Floyd Patterson