Mike Connolly quotes

“You're getting old when you see a girl who looks like someone you used to know, and it turns out to be her daughter.”
-- Mike Connolly

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“Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.”
-- Mike Connolly

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“Nowadays people always say, 'How come he's doing such young shows?' But they never mention 'The Mod Squad'. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.”

“Adjusting to Beau being a caveman over a girl had been almost as hard as seeing him with Ash. Beau didn't do jealous, not until Ashton had become his. Now he was a freaking lunatic.”

“I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.”

“It is the lesbian in us who is creative, for the dutiful daughter of the fathers in us is only a hack.”

“When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.”

“It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.10, Del Rey

“All our troubles come from not being able to be alone.”

“Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive.”

“Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. We’ll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them.”

“To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish”