Quote of the Day – Tom Waits

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“We have a deficit of wonder. I think it’s because of computers. When I ask people questions now, they get on their computer – `Gimme a few minutes and I’ll let you know….’ And I’m, like, ‘Nooooo!’ I want them to wonder about it, man! I don’t want to know the answer. I just want them to wonder about it.” — Tom Waits

Not everything worthwhile is coded in 1s and 0s. And an AI generated answer certainly takes the mysticism away and any opportunity for reflection on a subject… IMHO. Life does not come with a technical manual, or at least I hope so. Although reflecting on that last sentence, humans have been trying to write such a document for millennia and fighting about which is the correct document.

I do not know if Tom Waits is an acquired taste or not, but sometimes, depending on my mood, his music is all that will do.   Out of curiosity,  I went and counted.  I have 11 of his albums.

His official website: Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.” ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“All that you’ve loved is all you own”   ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home. ”   ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“the earth is not my home, I’m just passing by”  ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“the earth is not my home, I’m just passing by”  ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. “Oh, it’s just a couple little innocent bad days.” Well, we had a big rain. I don’t know what it was growing in but I think we used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothin’. They’re your days. Choke ’em!”  ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“I told them this story:
In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, “Look at me…I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you…you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.” And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, “Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.” So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.” ” ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.” ~ Tom Waits

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.” ~ Tom Waits

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