Rachel Being A Waitress On Friends Quotes & Sayings

They were tough and sour, but as Pushkin said, 'Dearer to us than a host of truths is an exalting illusion.' I saw a happy man, whose cherished dream had so obviously come true, who had attained his goal in life, had gotten what he wanted, who was content with his fate and with himself. For some reason there had always been something sad mixed with my thoughts about human happiness, but now, at the sight of a happy man, I was overcome by an oppressive feeling close to despair.
- Gooseberries — Anton Chekhov

And I laughed because half of me was happy and half of me wasn't sure what else to do. — Sherman Alexie

I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day. — Ernest Hemingway,

I suppress the vast majority of what I write. — George Murray

Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly. — Anonymous

I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense. — Randeep Hooda

What a drug this little book is; to imbibe it is to find oneself presuming his process. I read and feel that same compulsion; the desire to possess what he has written, which can only be subdued by writing something myself. It is not mere envy but a delusional quickening in the blood. — Patti Smith

I've been married for 17 years and you know how the actors say, "It's really technical. Those scenes are not sexy. They're just so technical. It's like work." And I'm like, "That's bullshit." — Leslie Mann

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly. — Arthur W. Pink

If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first. — Mark Twain

Sometimes it just amazes me how many people desperately want to protect my personal information.
Ten thousand reflections
hide the true gem.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. — John F. Kennedy

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones and just what feels good. It takes me back to the type of music that I grew up on in my household. We played a lot of gangsta rap, but we also played a lot of oldies, and I think that mix is part of what inspires my sound. — Kendrick Lamar