“There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.” PeopleHumansMayNightSongWifeBabyArmsActivityFindingsMeaningfulSignificanceDishesInsignificantWashingHuman ActivityAffirmingMeaningful Song Author:Leonard Cohen
“Sometimes electricity provides unexpected benefits. In a remote village in China's Fujian province in which young men have traditionally had a hard time finding wives, the arrival of electricity has attracted more brides” MenSometimesHardYoungWifeBenefitsFindingsChinaYoung ManHard TimesUnexpectedVillageElectricityBridesProvincesArrivals Author:Christopher Flavin
“I'm really going to do my homework. I'm going to be down there on the practice tee finding out if a guy's wife beat him up the night before, important stuff like that. Stuff that people want to know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantImportantNightGuyStuffPracticeWifeFindingsBeatsGolfHomeworkTees Author:Lee Trevino
“I have always dressed somewhat well - not because I work at GQ - but because my wife is amazing at finding clothes that disguise my waistline.” WellsWifeFindingsClothesMy WifeDisguise Author:James Mullinger
“The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBodyRoomsWifeFindingsOriginalsTalesFairyFairy TaleCastles Author:Alice Hoffman