“Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.”
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
“Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.”
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
“ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl… I have ever met since… I met you.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“The seeds of death get lost in the mess that God made us.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
Source: The Virgin Suicides
“We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
“I met a girl, snowball in hell she was hard and as cracked as the liberty bell.<BR”
Elliott Smith (1969–2003) American singer-songwriter
Don't Go Down.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)
“It's your time to live, don't mess it up.”
Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
Edie Brickell (1966) singer from the United States
Of her performance of "What I Am" on Saturday Night Live, when she noticed Paul Simon standing in front of a cameraman. "Whatever happened to Edie Brickell?" CNN.com (7 January 2004)