Downhearted Blues Quotes & Sayings

Claiming "the budget can't allow it" reminds me of when you walk into a restaurant at a civilized hour like ten o'clock and they say "the kitchen is closed." For years I would hear this, and think, "damn, just a little too late, oh well, thank you, I guess it's Denny's again."
And then one day it hit me: kitchens don't close. Just as at home, at a certain point in the night, I stop using the kitchen
but at three in the morning, if I want to, I still have the ability to go downstairs and "re-open" the kitchen by turning on the stove and opening the refrigerator! Restaurants are not banks; at the stroke of ten an enormous airlock doesn't seal off the kitchen and render the preparation of food an utter impossibility./ No, kitchens can open and budgets are what certain people say they are. — Bill Maher

It's only water," she said.
"Tell that to a drowning man," Giddon said. — Kristin Cashore

May the Lord heal every sick soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I can't," I said. "I threw my back out masturbating. — Chelsea Handler

The minute you say "I can't", it is another wrong affirmation to your subconscious that you choose to lose. — Tsem Tulku

If you're in Australia and you're into technology, Yow! is a no-brainer, but I am going to sing their praises anyway. I've never been so humbled to meet another speaker, or so honored to be in the presence of an conference organizer, as I have been with Yow! It's not just impressive. It's a reason to go to Australia. — Mike Lee

Freedom of conscience is the core of all freedom — Pope Benedict XVI

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear. — Haruki Murakami

The Christian cannot be indifferent to this world which God made and loves. Yet how can he be other than against it in its evil and sin and hopelessness? Both positions are necessary, and both at the same time, and without reserve. — Ronald Gregor Smith