Nick Cave 20000 Days Quotes & Sayings

O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
- Romeo - — William Shakespeare

Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one to the use of force against an idea, to submit thought to an alien "other." But worst still, censorship destroys criticism, which is the essential ingredient of culture. — Pablo Antonio Cuadra

The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy the material. — Charles Clark

I was promoted associate professor in early 1970 and full professor in October of the same year. I spent the two spring semesters of 1972 and 1974 as visiting professor at Harvard University, giving lectures and directing a research project. — Jean-Marie Lehn

If some magic thing happens, and everybody goes completely nuts, and does something we never thought of, the cameras catch everything. That comes from having camera people who are almost like actors and writers themselves. — Paul Feig

Hades took off his helm. His complexion was even paler than usual. He had a bad case of helmet hair. He was sweating and nervous and blinking like he had something in his eyes. "I am Hades," he said in a squeaky voice. "I love you. — Rick Riordan

...pain that would have made even a god shiver in terror. — Osman Welela

She was around ten minutes late, as a matter of fact. I didn't give a damn, though. All that crap they have in cartoons in the Saturday Evening Post and all, showing guys on street corners looking sore as hell because their dates are late - that's bunk. If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody. — J.D. Salinger

I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet. — Aaron Johnson

We can't prevent tomorrow from coming but we can be prepare for tomorrow is coming — Rudzani Ralph

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity. — Samuel Fuller

Even one kid going hungry in America is one too many. How can we stand by when the reality is that there are more than 12 million underfed children in the U.S.? We can make a difference. — LeAnn Rimes

Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you. — Jim Leyland

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company — Booker T. Washington

I think it is extremely interesting to think that, in some cases, vice might be, finally, more redemptive than virtue. — Katy Lederer