Peter Ustinov on Love
Friday, August 29th, 2008Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
- Peter Ustinov
Archive for August, 2008
Clifton Paul Fadiman on Humor
Friday, August 29th, 2008A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.
- Clifton Paul Fadiman
John Glenn on Age
Thursday, August 28th, 2008There is still no cure for the common birthday.
- John Glenn
Dan Quayle on Politics
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
- Dan Quayle
Aaron Copland on Music
Thursday, August 28th, 2008When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
- Aaron Copland
Mohandas Gandhi on Politics
Thursday, August 28th, 2008It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
- Mohandas Gandhi
George Bernard Shaw on Age
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
- George Bernard Shaw
John Ciardi on Love
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.
- John Ciardi
Robert Kennedy on Politics
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
- Robert Kennedy
Imelda Marcos on Politics
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
- Imelda Marcos
