“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.”
~ Paul Theroux, 10 April 1941
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Charles Baudelaire (b. Apr 09): “Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us.”
9 Apr
“We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.”
~ Charles Baudelaire, b. 9 April 1821
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Merle Haggard (b. Apr 06): “I had more freedom on parole than in America right now.”
6 Apr
“In 1960 when I came out of prison, I had more freedom on parole than there is available in America right now.”
~ Merle Haggard, b. 6 April 1937
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Arthur Hailey (b. Apr 05): “A writer has to experience new environments.”
5 Apr
“Don’t put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family’s life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn’t move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.”
~ ARTHUR HAILEY (b. 5 April 1920)
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Marlon Brando (b. Apr 03) “Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse.”
3 Apr
“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It’s a bum’s life. Quitting acting, that’s the sign of maturity.”
~ Marlon Brando, b. 3 April 1924
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Alec Baldwin (b. Apr 03): “Sex is like a Chinese dinner…”
3 Apr
“Sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain’t over ’til you both get your cookie.”
~ Alec Baldwin, b. 3 April 1958
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Marvin Gaye (b. Apr 02): “Music, not sex, got me aroused.”
2 Apr
“Music, not sex, got me aroused.”
~ Marvin Gaye, b. 2 April 1939
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Angus Young (b. Mar 31): “When I’m on stage the savage in me is released.”
31 Mar
“When I’m on stage the savage in me is released. It’s like going back to being a cave man.” ~ Angus Young, b. 31 March 1955
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Sean O’Casey (b. Mar 30): “Money doesn’t make you happy but it quiets the nerves.”
30 Mar
Seán O’Casey (born 30 March 1880, died 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist who wrote about life in the slums of Dublin in plays like The Shadow of a Gunman and The Plough and the Stars.
Quotes:
- Money doesn’t make you happy but it quiets the nerves.
- When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.
- All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
- Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its ten thousands.
- Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
- Laughter is wine for the soul – laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness – the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.
- You can’t put a rope around the neck of an idea. You can’t put an idea up against the barrack-square wall and riddle it with bullets. You can’t confine it in the strongest prison cell your slaves could ever build.
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