450 Quotes by Tom Waits

The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.

It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.

There’s no prayer like desire.

The moon was sharp enough to draw blood from a stone.

I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.

God’s away, God’s away, God’s away on business. Business!

It’s cold out there, colder than a ticket taker’s smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night.

Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.

They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.