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Joe Hill was Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. Explore interesting quotes on something.

Joe Hill: 114 quotes15 likes

“Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?”

Source: NOS4A2

“She'd thought love had something to do with happiness, but it turned out they were not even vaguely related. Love was closer to a need, no different from the need to eat, to breathe.”

Source: NOS4A2

“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”

Source: Horns

“Taking a thing apart is always faster than putting something together. This is true of everything except marriage.”

Source: 20th Century Ghosts

“It's like in the Bible. You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it."
"What part of the Bible is that from?" Ig asked her. "The Gospel of Keith Richards?”

Source: Horns

“Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet:

You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.”

"The Preacher and the Slave" http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave (1911)