Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream

Quote by Tom Waits

Topics: Dreams Quotes, History Quotes, Memory Quotes

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

It's hard to win when you always lose.

It's hard to win when you always lose.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies....

George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies....

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm...

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in...

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground