Quotes about Collecting

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Votes: 6

Collecting is my passion. Votes: 5

Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers. Votes: 5

Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby. Votes: 4

All science is either physics or stamp collecting. Votes: 4

One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them. Votes: 4

I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing. Votes: 4

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual. Votes: 4

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. Votes: 4

Collecting has always been in my blood. Votes: 3

Collecting is more than just buying objects. Votes: 3

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia. Votes: 3

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction. Votes: 3

Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River. Votes: 3

Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites. Votes: 3

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you. Votes: 3

I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting. Votes: 3

In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting. Votes: 3

I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds. Votes: 3

My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms. Votes: 3

Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere. Votes: 3

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. Votes: 3

Collecting the dots. Then connecting them. And then sharing the connections with those around you. This is how a creative human works. Collecting, connecting, sharing. Votes: 3

I grew up like Huck Finn, always outdoors, exploring, collecting frogs - there was space everywhere. I want my kids to experience that too. I love being outside. Votes: 3

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits. Votes: 3

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time. Votes: 3

We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations. Votes: 3

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time. Votes: 3

There is nobody I know by name who is concerned with collecting information for the Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life. Votes: 3

Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise. Votes: 3

A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden "worthless" land now has an airport on it. Votes: 3

Success is not a process of accumulating wealth, building mass relationship or collecting things in excess, but developing, excelling, fostering and growing the happiness for self and others without recess to treat it as the life's progress. Votes: 3

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures. Votes: 3

My little hobby. Book Collecting. And yet, old friends, books do not age as you and I do. They will speak still when we are gone, to generations we will never see. Yes, the books must survive. -Bulldog Votes: 3

On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post-production. So I hope the combination becomes something worth collecting. Votes: 3

Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate by the assembling of significant reliques, the march of the human spirit in its quest for beauty... Votes: 3

The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters. Votes: 3

And pray, who are you?" Said the Violet blue To the Bee, with surprise, At his wonderful size, In her eyeglass of dew. "I, madam," quoth he, "Am a publican Bee, Collecting the tax Of honey and wax. Have you nothing for me? Votes: 3

Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money. Votes: 3

I am only limited by the amount of life I have left to capture the ideas I am already working on. Another problem is that I am not sure if I would rather create or collect art. Collecting art is another passion of mine. Votes: 3

Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total. Votes: 3

Is it important that the rent of land be retained as a source of government revenue. Some persons who could make excellent use of land would be unable to raise money for the purchase price. Collecting rent annually provides access to land for persons with limited access to credit. Votes: 3

I have a weakness for buttons. I'm always collecting ornate and nicely decorated ones. Votes: 1

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting. Votes: 1

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory. Votes: 1

Public officials insult our intelligence and our goodwill when they paint rosy pictures about budgets, jobs, bipartisanship, and transparency, and alter their positions on issues simply to keep collecting their paycheck by never disagreeing or disappointing anyone. Votes: 1

I spent two years living in London - I'd have stayed for ever if I could have got a work visa. It was there I started collecting vinyl and fell in love with the sounds of the 1970s. Votes: 1

I liked to scrapbook and collage a whole lot in high school. I'm always ripping things out of magazines, and always collecting quotes from the Internet. When I was 17, I loved AIM. I was obsessed with my buddy list! Votes: 1

The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by inventing museums. Museums are about representing power. It could be the king's power or, later, people's power. Votes: 1

I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills. Votes: 1

That's not how national security works... I don't care what the Supreme Court said 30 years ago or what some judge said 15 minutes ago. This is America, and our government is collecting way too damn much data on we the private citizens! Votes: 1

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out. Votes: 1

I'm very much involved in art. I started buying art a few years ago and really like the work of T.C. Cannon, who is a native American artist. Then I was introduced to Soviet-era Russian impressionism and started collecting that, especially Gely Korzhev. Votes: 1

I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was growing at a tremendous rate, and the amount of information that it was collecting about all of us vastly exceeded the public imagination. Votes: 1

I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess. Votes: 1

In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact. Votes: 1

Governmental surveillance is not about the government collecting the information you're sharing publicly and willingly; it's about collecting the information you don't think you're sharing at all, such as the online searches you do on search engines... or private emails or text messages... or the location of your mobile phone at any time. Votes: 1

A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know? Votes: 1

Sometimes a game comes at just the right moment in your life. 'Flower' is beautiful, serene, and a bit of sunshine in a gloomy world. I remember going through a rough spot in my life and turning on 'Flower' for a little break in the day. You fly through luscious landscapes collecting petals and painting the world with life. Votes: 1

My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange. Votes: 1

I'm always collecting emotions for future reference. Votes: 0

I was really interested in collecting insects. Votes: 0

Taking photos is a form of collecting. Votes: 0

I enjoy wine collecting and great food. Votes: 0

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money. Votes: 0

My own passion, all my life, has been non-collecting. Votes: 0

When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness. Votes: 0

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry. Votes: 0

All of science can be divided into physics and stamp-collecting. Votes: 0

Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting. Votes: 0

Clutter in its highest and most organized form is called collecting. Votes: 0

Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby. Votes: 0

After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all. Votes: 0

Though collecting quotations could be considered as merely an ironic mimetism Votes: 0

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. Votes: 0

Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting. Votes: 0

Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves. Votes: 0

Ive decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust. Votes: 0

My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks. Votes: 0

After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee. Votes: 0

Instead of collecting things and staying in one space, I want to collect experiences. Votes: 0

Life is about collecting good people around you. You can't have enough good people. Votes: 0

art is at least in part a way of collecting information about the universe. Votes: 0

It would be hard to conceive of any activity more useless than stamp collecting. Votes: 0

Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues. Votes: 0

I believe that everyone collects. I think collecting is in our blood as humans. Votes: 0

I certainly wasn't the kind of kid that grew up collecting bugs and spiders. Votes: 0

It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices. Votes: 0

Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me. Votes: 0

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones. Votes: 0

I'll always be grateful to rent collecting. I've put many of the tenants in my pictures. Votes: 0

-Books were once cherished belongings of people, that they weren't always just neglected and collecting dust. Votes: 0

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent. Votes: 0

That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting. Votes: 0

Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors. Votes: 0

I don't think being obsessed with sex is any stranger than being obsessed with stamp collecting. Votes: 0

[Instead of collecting stamps, he collected dictionaries and encyclopaedias:] Because you can learn more from them. Votes: 0

Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality. Votes: 0

Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions. Votes: 0

I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning. Votes: 0

The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation. Votes: 0

When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts. Votes: 0

Nobody ever wrote a good book simply by collecting a number of accurate facts and valid ideas. Votes: 0

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting. Votes: 0

Can you collect chaos? Not collecting, that is the ultimate gathering. What can you gather without gathering yourself. Votes: 0

Fire-wood makes you warm three times; first collecting it, secondly shifting it and third when you burn it. Votes: 0

Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology. Votes: 0

I don't know what the hell I'm doing here. I'm 237 years old, I should be collecting social security. Votes: 0

Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things. Votes: 0

Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial. Votes: 0

You spend the first part of your life collecting things ... and the second half getting rid of them. Votes: 0

Dude, got eyes? I'm collecting evidence." [...] "In Ziploc bags." "I think they're Glad." "They look impartial to me. Votes: 0

Political campaign must not be aimed at collecting ballots, instead, it's honestly aim at seeking support for an ideology. Votes: 0

My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting. Votes: 0

Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. Votes: 0

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps. Votes: 0

...You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. Votes: 0

A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff. Votes: 0

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire. Votes: 0

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want. Votes: 0

Only when you are moved by a painting should you buy it. Being moved is what collecting is all about. Votes: 0

The representative system of government is calculated to produce the wisest laws, by collecting wisdom where it can be found. Votes: 0

I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer. Votes: 0

For Arthur, words gathered in waterfall thoughts that spilled off the page into the pools of imaginaton collecting in his head. Votes: 0

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists. Votes: 0

To repeat, the way you get to the huge, impossible yes is, you start collecting a lot of easy, small yeses. Votes: 0

I love collecting; my joy is finding private press American or European home studio electronic music from the 60s and 70s. Votes: 0

Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner. Votes: 0

I like collecting comics, I like buying comics, I like looking at comics, but I also read comics on digital readers. Votes: 0

Scientists like ripping problems apart, collecting as much data as possible and then assembling the parts back together to make a decision. Votes: 0

The whole season thing is nonsense. It's either beautiful or it isn't. That's something I really learned when I started collecting dresses. Votes: 0

My pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth. Votes: 0

People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself Votes: 0

By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes. Votes: 0

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else. Votes: 0

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites. Votes: 0

I'm a photographer and retoucher from Sweden. I use photography as a way of collecting material to realize the ideas in my mind. Votes: 0

I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing. Votes: 0

The ability to stay calm and focused in the midst of change is what distinguishes great leaders from those just collecting a paycheck. Votes: 0

With no one collecting his knockdowns, what was Crouch supposed to do, juggle the ball with his head until the midfield support arrived? Votes: 0

People went through life like well handled jugs, collecting chips and scrapes and stains from wear and tear, from holding and pouring life. Votes: 0

The possibilities for creation and insight are endless. We're constantly collecting more data, and it's starting to be very relevant to our lives. Votes: 0

I started collecting couture when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and the very first piece I bought was a Balenciaga suit from 1962. Votes: 0

The idea of going into the property business and collecting rent four times a year and waiting for five-year rent reviews has limited appeal. Votes: 0

I'd been collecting different ethnic instruments here and there, and then I started making little bell type stuff, looking for weird little sound toys. Votes: 0

Decades after a person has stopped collecting bubble gum cards, he can still discover himself collecting ballparks... their smells, their special seasons, their moods. Votes: 0

Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else. Votes: 0

I was collecting Barbies. I know... embarrassing. I sold them all on eBay, and traded them for vintage dishes. So I've collected two things. Votes: 0

Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory and mistake. Collect hope. Votes: 0

I've been collecting crystals for many, many years for healing purposes and decoration. I guess since my name is Crystal, I have no choice. Votes: 0

I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body. Votes: 0

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth. Votes: 0

I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. Votes: 0

Math is a language that you use to describe statistics, but really it's about collecting information and putting it in an order that makes sense. Votes: 0

Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were some 42 Americans working for every American collecting retirement benefits. Votes: 0

In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension. Votes: 0

As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village. Votes: 0

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe. Votes: 0

You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting. Votes: 0

I started looking at fashion magazines, specifically 'British Vogue.' I was reading a lot about Cecil Beaton. Then I thought maybe I should start collecting. Votes: 0

In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes. Votes: 0

Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather than just another possession. Votes: 0

I've started collecting taxidermy: I've got a red squirrel, called Steve. I made sure he came with certificates so we know he wasn't just killed for stuffing. Votes: 0

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also Votes: 0

The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production. Votes: 0

I'm a collector. I was born a collector. I came out of the womb a collector. I can trace it back to childhood - collecting used keys. Votes: 0

I have been collecting pictures of airport carpets since the early 2000s because I am fascinated by their role as the world's largest interior visual design medium. Votes: 0

My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The Body In The Library.' Votes: 0

I started collecting in the late 1990s. My first purchase was from an auction, a scroll by Dong Qichang, from the early 16th century, the late Ming Dynasty. Votes: 0

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross. Votes: 0

What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of a polished phrase? Votes: 0

On one tour, I was collecting stories about pet monkeys. You'd be surprised how many people have stories about monkeys. The problem is, most monkey stories end tragically. Votes: 0

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. Votes: 0

They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind, and on waiting for the power from above. Votes: 0

I always tell people, it took me 10 minutes and 35 years in the business. I get tired of playing it ["Lullaby of Birdland"], but not of collecting the royalties. Votes: 0

Maybe love is like rain. Sometimes gentle, sometimes torrential, flooding, eroding, joyful, steady, filling the earth, collecting in underground springs. When it rains, when we love, life grows. Votes: 0

Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all of the ideas and information that comes your way is your journal. Votes: 0

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Votes: 0

I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote about butterfly collecting, you used another name. Votes: 0

The world of comic book collecting is not a pretty place. For a bunch of guys who like good-over-evil stories, you sure meet a lot of morally bankrupt assholes. Votes: 0

I've been collecting some more high-end guitars. I have an old Martin D28 from the '60s, a beautiful, classic Martin that I know I played on 'Mariachi.' Votes: 0

When I get into collecting things, I get a little obsessive. Which is why when I start buying comics, I buy way too many, and I have to stop myself. Votes: 0

These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've been collecting computer ads and ads dealing with Internet industries. Votes: 0

Nobody can give you advice after you've been collecting for a while. If you don't enjoy making your own decisions, you're never going to be much of a collector anyway. Votes: 0

The government has investigated our program of collecting through a generalized fashion, everyone's phone records in the country. And they found that no terrorist case has been thwarted through this. Votes: 0

I love Tumblr, I love it, it's like collaging and collecting images, it's such a fun thing to do, it's something that's really therapeutic and I don't really know why. Votes: 0

I got a nice nine-month vacation living on the beach collecting sand dollars, and I really got to reflect and realize that in entertainment, you can definitely go too far. Votes: 0

The tide of visitors will float slowly about the bottom of the valley as harmless scum collecting in hotel and saloon eddies, leaving the rocks and falls eloquent as ever. Votes: 0

For me, collecting is sort of a natural extension of being an art dealer, because if you don't want to collect the artist, then you probably shouldn't be representing them. Votes: 0

I used to collect frames. I've been collecting accessories since I was 11-years-old, creeping around flea markets and sales and everything. Whenever I saw unusual eyeglass frames, I bought them. Votes: 0

I fear I shall never be...good for anything in this world, but composing airs, building towers, forming gardens, collecting old Japan, and writing a journey to China or the Moon. Votes: 0

I perfectly understand the obsession with shoes. I myself am pretty obsessed. I have a few hundred pairs of shoes in general, because I've been collecting shoes for a long time. Votes: 0

I wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, "Oh, I have this comic book here." It wasn't like I was collecting them. Votes: 0

Isn't it time that, in love, we freed ourselves from the loved one and, trembling, endured:as the arrow endures the string, collecting itselfto be more than itself as it shoots? Votes: 0

I am the pinball geek of the band, probably of the nation of Canada. I've been a pinball fan my whole life. I started collecting machines in the late '90s. Votes: 0

We're collecting about 100,000 telomere lengths in saliva samples and then looking at how those relate to both the extensive longitudinal clinical records that Kaiser is collecting and the genome sequence variations. Votes: 0

I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing. Votes: 0

An experimental science is supposed to perform experiments that find generalities. It's not just supposed to tally up a long list of individual cases and their unique life histories. That's butterfly collecting. Votes: 0

When it comes to owning the seed for collecting royalties, the GMO companies say, 'it's mine.' But when it comes to contamination, cross-pollination, health problems, the response is we're not liable. Votes: 0

The music I play and write is all reflective of myself and the experiences in my life. I feel like my whole journey is just collecting stories and songs along the way. Votes: 0

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory Votes: 0

Records can ruin you. That's why it's important to be as intimately familiar as possible with the history of recorded music, I guess. In a way, it's an argument for record collecting. Votes: 0

I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing. Votes: 0

Rachel, my itchy witch," Al said as he tugged the lace at his cuffs. "We've talked about this. You simply must stop collecting nasty little men. How many do you really need, love? Votes: 0

No," I snapped. "I mean, no. I'm answering. I'm just collecting my response." Another few seconds passed. Is there a time limit for this?" he asked. I shot him a look. "Just wondering. Votes: 0

...Right now there's a pair of bad cops on their way out here to shoot me." "You don't know that." "Yeah, you're right," Stranahan said. "They're probably just collecting Toys for Tots. Now go. Votes: 0

Everything from a lifetime's worth of collecting things. You know as we go through life, and something stays and ends up on your shelf and lives there until you die? Just those little things. Votes: 0

I collect crystals and gemstones, and I've been collecting them since I was a little girl. They give me positive energy and strength. They make me feel connected to the earth. I cherish them. Votes: 0

While the business of "collecting" lyrics and melodies happens all the time, when it's time to corral them all into something, I have to be in a good mood, ready and willing to work. Votes: 0

I have a lot of mermaid stuff. I did start collecting a lot before I had children because I didn't know if I would have a boy or a girl. So I saved everything. Votes: 0

If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn't wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate. Votes: 0

I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That's probably my favorite one. What's funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine. Votes: 0

To stop thought, you have to go above it. We are collecting energy. When it is freed, it is like a flood and the water will rise and we are in altered states of attention. Votes: 0

Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. Votes: 0

Reasoning with senselessness will never build faith. Faith is strengthened when you stop collecting fragmented signs and questionable hunches, in order to build an acceptable reason for your wrong decisions and less than desirable circumstances. Votes: 0