Quotes by
Marty Rubin |
1930-1994 , Canadian gay activist, author & journalist
A gay activist who since 1977 wrote a column called “Biker Daddy” for The Weekly News, a gay and lesbian weekly newspaper published in Miami.In 1987, he published his first and only book, “The Boiled Frog Syndrome”, a gay political thriller.
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Quotations
| • | Time does not pass; it continues. 8 |
| • | People grow bitter and cynical about life because they can't bend it to their will. 7 |
| • | The fox loves to hide. But when his prey hides, he calls it cowardice. 7 |
| • | What god does a sunflower believe in? That’s the god I believe in. 6 |
| • | People who are hard to please, in other words, idiots. 5 |
| • | Never say yes to anything you can’t say no to. 5 |
| • | Morality is what the queen expects from the hive, not from herself. 5 |
| • | Everyone I meet wants to give me directions, but I'm not lost. 5 |
| • | Happiness lies in the physical life, sorrow in thought. 4 |
| • | There should be a law against doing work one doesn’t like or believe in. 2 |
| • | Beware of becoming a pawn in your own game. 1 |
| • | As long as you can ignore a problem, it is not a problem. 1 |
| • | It is dependency, not familiarity, that breeds contempt. 1 |
| • | The pain you hide leaves the deepest scars. 1 |
| • | Myth is ancient science; science is modern myth. 1 |
| • | Bad health is bad luck. Everything else is good luck. 1 |
| • | Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love. 1 |
| • | Silence may be golden but it solves nothing. 1 |
| • | Perfect balance is the art of falling gracefully. 1 |
| • | When the cricket’s song is the only sound you hear, how peaceful the whole earth seems. 1 |
| • | It is not important that others like what you like. All that matters is that you like it. 1 |
| • | To treat another human being as if they’re expendable is the very definition of evil. 1 |
| • | A woman who needs romantic favors to feel loved will never feel loved. 1 |
| • | The receding wave does not despair; it knows it will rise again. 1 |
| • | When winter comes, wrap yourself in a blanket of love. 1 |
| • | Morning will come, it has no choice. 1 |
| • | What can be labeled, packaged, mass produced is neither truth nor art. 1 |
| • | The deep roots never doubt spring will come. 1 |
| • | Human nature is water, not stone. 1 |
| • | News used to come too late; now it comes too early. 1 |
| • | Books end. Stories never end. 1 |
| • | Don't stare out the window; run through the fields. 1 |
| • | Philosophers tell you what they think. Artists show you. 1 |
| • | The past lives through us. We are its legacy. 1 |
| • | Don't worry! Something always goes wrong. 1 |
| • | Pretending is one of our greatest pleasures. But you have to know you're pretending. 1 |
| • | The essentials: air, food, water, sleep, leisure, exercise, solitude, companionship. The inessentials: everything else. 1 |
| • | Civilization: a scheme to hide nakedness. 1 |
| • | Because of an apple Eden fell and Troy was destroyed. 1 |
| • | Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth. 1 |
| • | The scientist seeks laws; the historian, causes; the artist, freedom. 1 |
| • | Information is what you put in empty heads to keep them empty. 1 |
| • | I admire the fog, how it fades into itself. 1 |
| • | People don't think when they're enjoying themselves. Thinking is a sign of disturbance. 1 |
| • | Happiness never made anyone rich or famous. That must be why ambitious people avoid it. 1 |
| • | Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of being overheard. 1 |
| • | Home is where you can go and rest and be nothing. 1 |
| • | Drink freely the wine life offers you and don’t worry how much you spill. 1 |
| • | We all talk to ourselves. Those we call mad just talk a little louder. 1 |
| • | There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself. 1 |
| • | It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing. 1 |
| • | To hate everything is to be wounded by everything. 1 |
| • | Seize the day, then let it go. 1 |
| • | When people don't do what they want, they don't know what to do. 1 |
| • | We're all stumbling in the dark, and that makes for some pretty interesting collisions. 1 |
| • | Truth is what's left when you run out of excuses. 1 |
| • | Travel doesn't become adventure until you leave yourself behind. 1 |
| • | The mark of the coward is that he attacks the vulnerable. 1 |
| • | Some people have such good taste they can't enjoy anything. 1 |
| • | No one plants rosebushes for the thorns. 1 |
| • | Lessons are learned, not taught. 1 |
| • | Everyone has the right to play their cards their own way. 1 |
| • | Αll children are born rebels and explorers until they're taught to sit still and obey. 1 |
| • | A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning. 1 |
