Blimpies Quotes & Sayings

RIGOROUS HONESTY Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.'s message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect - unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 24 I am an alcoholic. If I drink I will die. My, what power, energy, and emotion this simple statement generates in me! But it's really all I need to know for today. Am I willing to stay alive today? Am I willing to stay sober today? Am I willing to ask for help and am I willing to be a help to another suffering alcoholic today? Have I discovered the fatal nature of my situation? What must I do, today, to stay sober? — Alcoholics Anonymous

Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins. — Wes Anderson

All kinds of images swim like tropical fish in the bathysphere inside my skull ... — John Geddes

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. — Muhammad Ali

I have this vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket. When I put it on, it has this supercool feeling to it. — Alicia Keys

I love seeing strong-willed women inspire little girls. I hope someday some new artist will say 'I was inspired by the Dixie Chicks. — Emily Robison

No. I'm afraid that I'll find out that I don't have any boundaries at all when it comes to you. — Lorelei James

If you are in an improv jazz ensemble or a small chamber group, you learn to think fast on your feet and how to be flexible and to collaborate and compromise, and that may yield a creative outcome. — J. Richard Hackman

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all. — Samantha Mumba

I would often be a coward, but for the shame of it. — Ralph Connor

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. — Edward Abbey