"I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn't find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling." - David Lynch
"It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it." - Ronnie Corbett
"I don't make changes to confuse anyone. I'm just searching. That's what causes me to change. I'm just searching for myself." - David Bowie
"Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." — Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
The annual Mako “Things I Like” report for 2024.
"You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers! I will teach you!" - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket
"I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee." - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." - Steven Wright
"External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now." - Marcus Aurelius
"I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell." - Christopher Walken (as fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson on SNL)
"If it wasn’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever." - David Letterman
"As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?" ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes
"Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook." - Julia Child
"Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes." — Maggie Kuhn, The Socratic Method
"I am not an optimist. I’m a very serious possibilist." - Hans Rosling
"Mornings are for coffee and contemplation." - Jim Hopper, Stranger Things