Famous quotes containing the words bruce, heavy and/or water:
“The reason Im in this business, I assume all performers areits Look at me, Ma! Its acceptance, you knowLook at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma. And if your mother watches, youll show off till youre exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew!”
—Lenny Bruce (19251966)
“Men will tell you sometimes that moneys hard. That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly as thinkersand not imagine that we are thereby becoming idle dreamers!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)