#cracked

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#cracked #despotism #nearly #up

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#cracked #crude #dance #human #kettle

If you put a clock in a bottle, with time it will crack, as like money, as like love, as like a beautiful mind, empty of a soul. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#cracked-up-to-be #empty-soul #mind #beauty

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. ↗

— Bernard Meltzer

#cracked #egg #even #friend #knows

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was expected to clock in at anywhere between 100 and 120 chapters. Unfortunately, the dude only managed to finish 24 tales before he suffered an insurmountable and permanent state of writer's block commonly known as death. ↗

— Jacopo della Quercia

#cracked #death #geoffrey-chaucer #humor #death

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#beat #cracked #dance #kettle #language

Sometimes being a nice person is all about knowing when to be an asshole. ↗

— John Cheese

#asshole #cracked #friendship #friendship

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#marley #pacifist #short #very #warrior

Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked for three years on his book, have someone buy it for their Kindle for £6.99 and then see it shared with everyone in the world for free. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#ago #author #book #buy #could

The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#cracked #ended #family #family ties #feel