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21 " Sail on silver girl, sail on by...your time has come to shine all your dreams are on their way...see how they shine..oh and if you need a friend. I'm sailing right behind...... "
― Paul Simon
22 " Feelin' groovy! "
23 " I have my books and my poetry to protect me. "
24 " When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all "
25 " A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. "
26 " And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow. "
27 " A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest. - Paraphrased from The Boxer "
28 " Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire. "
29 " A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He doesn't speak the language. He holds no currency. He is a foreign man. He is surrounded by the sound, sound of cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around he sees angels in the architecture spinning in infinity and he says, "Amen" and "Hallelujah! "
30 " I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, and I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises. All lies in jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest...la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lala-la-la-la-la... "
31 " I get the news I need on the weather reportAnd I have nothing to do today but smile "
32 " She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been "
33 " You can burn down my churches. But I shall be free. "
34 " Love is an island in the setting sun "
― Paul Simon ,
35 " Have a good time"Yesterday it was my birthday.I hung one more year on the line.I should be depressed.My life's a mess.But I'm having a good time.I've been loving and loving and loving.I'm exhausted from loving so wellI should go to bed.But a voice in my head says,"Ah, what the hell "
36 " I always get very calm with baseball. "
37 " I'm just trying to keep my customer satisfied. "
38 " Well I'm on my wayI don't know where I'm goingI'm on my way I'm taking my timeBut I don't know where "
― Paul Simon , Lyrics 1964-2008
39 " You can't outrun the history train "
40 " I have my books and poetry to protect me "