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Quotes by British Authors
"History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that."
"There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong."
"Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes."
"Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically."
"The philosophy of the school was quite simple - the bright boys specialised in Latin, the not so bright in science and the rest managed with geography or the like."
"True gratitude, not mere verbal platitudes of thanks, is also a power in and of itself, which bursts forth from our inner being to the universe. Having received this power, the universe must respond, allowing more gifts to come our way."
"Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls."
"The subconscious mind does not care about what we consciously call reality."
"Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry."
"Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity."
"Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word."
"Violence was second nature to the psychopathic and ultra-violent Stephen Moyle, who was already a seasoned street fighter, after having half his face torn off in a street fight with three other men."
"In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect."
"My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work."
"Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate."
"You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to."
"I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own."
"And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head."
"Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully."
"I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say."
"Challenges prepare us for something greater! Only when it's done with love, can this greatness change us and fulfill our highest good!"
"Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend."
"The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten."
"I didn't realize House would be the central character, more the bitter comic relief appearing occasionally. I relish his wounded nature - the lameness, the scarred Byronic hero."
"And that was the point I knew I just loved this filthy, ugly, loquacious man in a fur coat, who would spend the day roaming all over town, looking for bright lights, and laughter - and then at night come on stage, and unbutton two buttons on his waistcoat, with his clumsy, fat fingers, and show you his heart beneath."
"We need to remind our core supporters that we have not forgotten their concern with the way our democracy is being replaced by European bureaucracy in so many areas."
"You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more."
"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"
"And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully."
"Forgiveness is a form of LOVE. The ability to forgive is not achieved with soaring thoughts or intentions alone. It comes about by engaging several tools over a matter of weeks that release your body, mind, and soul, from the trapped wounding energy that has caused you to feel so much pain and then be able to replace it with new healing energy instead."
"I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist."
"It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object."
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