#id

Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing that was popular because they're chasing their tails. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#chasing #everybody #everything #gear #identical

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#because #block #building #building block #claim

Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#actually #after #been #ever #every

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#great #idea #licking #me #seemed

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#afraid #am #because #being #decent

I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#bring #feelings #home #hurt #i

People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#deal #dog #find #lying #much

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#besides #i #i am #just #long

I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#attracted #first #french #french women #i

To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#already #beat #boast #cannot #come