I mean, what would a snail have to do to move up in the lineup? Lay down a perfect trail of slime?
We live. We die. And the wheels on the bus go round and round.
It's difficult to understand the sum of a person's life. Some people will tell you it's measured by the ones left behind. Some believe it can be measured in faith. Some say by love. Other folks say life has no meaning at all. Me? I believe that you measure yourself... by the people who measured themselves by you.
— "Kopi Luwak is the world's most expensive coffee. Though for some, it falls under the category of 'too good to be true.' In the Sumatran village where the beans are grown... lives a breed of wild tree cat. These cats eat the beans, digest them and then... defecate. The villagers then collect and process the stools. It is the combination of the beans and the gastric juices of the tree cat... that give Kopi Luwak its unique flavor... and aroma. You're shitting me.
— Cats beat me to it.
There was a survey once. A thousand people were asked, if they could know in advance... would they want to know the exact day of their death. Ninety-six percent of them said no. I always kind of leaned toward the other 4 percent. I thought it would be liberating... knowing how much time you had left to work with. It turns out, it's not.
Edward Cole: — So you decided?
Carter Chambers: — No, I couldn't think of anything I wanted to be stuck with permanently.
Edward Cole: — What's permanently? We're gonna be dead in five minutes.
Tattoo Artist: — What?
Edward Cole: — Figure of speech. So no Confederate flag, no black Jesus.
Carter Chambers: — No, I'm gonna...
Edward Cole: — Pass. Yeah, sure.
Carter Chambers: — Well, I never agreed to desecrate my body.
Edward Cole: — You worried they won't bury you in a Jewish cemetery?
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