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Quotes by English Authors
"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."
"A mate of mine said recently said a lot of stuff sounds like you're listening to it outside, but also like you're surrounded by it, and I think that's quite similar."
"A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works."
"But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard."
"You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone."
"All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems."
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."
"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""
"In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal."
"Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance."
"Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image."
"He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop."
"I've always had difficulties with female characters."
"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."
"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that. Great men, but men. The Machine is much, but not everything."
"Katie Price is no exception. She, too, is - in a distinctive way - a philosopher. Partially, Katie Price's philosophy is one of extraordinary confidence. She is remarkable not for her looks or antics but because of her tremendous self-assurance and her unwillingness to be intimidated by criticism or failure."
"The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."
"But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince."
"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."
"Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please,With too much spirit to be e'er at ease,With too much quickness ever to be taught,With too much thinking to have common thought:You purchase pain with all that joy can give,And die of nothing but a rage to live."
"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."
"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
"For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument."
"What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this."
"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons."
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