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“Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.”

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Elvis Costello, born Declan Patrick MacManus, is a British singer-songwriter. He was born on August 25, 1954. Known for his unique musical style and profound lyrics, Costello is a prominent figure in the rock and pop music genres. more

“Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still think they're the gods of antiquity If something you missed didn't even exist It was just an ideal is it such a surprise?”

Ifs Thinking Stills Turns Leader Virtue Grace Failing Ideals Surprise Stupidity Compromise Beast Nonsense Fades Modesty Pale Antiquity Calendars Barricades Backsides

Author:Elvis Costello

“Well there's a line that you must toe and it'll soon be time to go but it's darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows”

Knows Wells Lines Shadow Complicated Toes

Author:Elvis Costello

“I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.”

Love Life Ends Relationship Eternity End Times Till The End

Author:Khalil Gibran

“Why can't a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own? His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation They just weigh him down”

Men Nations Taught Skins Stations Flags Crowns Stand Alone

Author:Elvis Costello

“Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell Who put the old devil in the distorted angel?”

Knows Hell Devil Angel Go To Hell

Author:Elvis Costello

“As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, & Understanding?”

Knows World Feels Light Pain Asks Lost Understanding Walks Darkness One Thing Hatred Misery Insanity Wicked Darkness To Light Peace Love Wicked World

Author:Elvis Costello

“The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has. To condemn large numbers of them to unemployment, to deprive the Treasury of their tax contributions and to force them to live on unemployment at public expense is the most expensive luxury any society ever chose to buy.”

“The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.”

Luck Ancient Bees Good Luck Bad Luck Swarms Ancient Egyptian

Author:Will Cuppy

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