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Adam laid himself down in Paradise to sleep While from him was taken a wife to keep. Adam poor father of creation’s best Your first taste of sleep was your last of rest.

Quote by Matthias Claudius about religion, sleep, paradise, creation, wife, rest

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

Quote by Adam Garcia about family, nature, things, contentment

I do like to keep mementos from my work, whether they be...

I do like to keep mementos from my work, whether they be photos, the backs of make-up chairs or even props and clothes.

Quote by Adam Garcia about opinion, clothes, work

I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible.

Quote by Adam Garcia about opinion, pleasure, world, country, being, love

I played a lot of pool and went to the engineering bar where my brother was studying engineering. I was a real competent student, which is why I only lasted those six months in favour of a tap-dancing career.

Quote by Adam Garcia about opinion, students, career, real estate

I'm a loser on Sunday. Yeah, I'm a couch potato. I get up...

I'm a loser on Sunday. Yeah, I'm a couch potato. I get up and try and eat and then back on the couch. And watch anything.

Quote by Adam Garcia about irony

It's the biggest buzz to be a part of the opening...

It's the biggest buzz to be a part of the opening ceremony, but terrifying - 1.4 billion people will get to see that.

Quote by Adam Garcia about humor, people

People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.

Quote by Adam Garcia about modesty, reason, people, film, money, contentment

They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in...

They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money.

Quote by Adam Garcia about irony, money, love

They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.

Quote by Adam Garcia about opinion, sleep, life

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their...

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.

Quote by Adam Garcia about tragedy, contentment

We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products...

We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about opinion

The robot is going to lose, not by much, but when the...

The robot is going to lose, not by much, but when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster.

Quote by Adam Smith about blood

All money is a matter of belief.

All money is a matter of belief.

Quote by Adam Smith about money, faith

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

Quote by Adam Smith about ambition, real estate, man

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Quote by Adam Smith about good luck, happiness

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Quote by Adam Smith about generosity, humanity, virtue, woman, man

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money...

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.

Quote by Adam Smith about money, things

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this no dog exchanges bones with another.

Quote by Adam Smith about man

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm...

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Quote by Adam Smith about science, superstitions, enthusiasm

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