I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it.

I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitively, and something goes on in their thoughts which must be equivalent to the way dogs and other animals, when they meet, sniff each other's arses and nuzzle each other's fur.

Graham Swift

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

Antisthenes

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

Patti Smith

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

James Russell Lowell

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

Mary Wortley Montagu

To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or any guilt to alienate affection, must surely awaken tenderness in every human mind; and tenderness once excited will be hourly increased by the natural contagion of felicity, by the repercussion of communicated pleasure, by the consciousness of dignity of benefaction.

Samuel Johnson, Rambler #148, Au

Instead of focusing on their individual agendas, collaborative partnerships establish common goals. In order to address problems that lie beyond any single agency's exclusive purview, but which concern them all, partners agree to pool resources, jointly plan, implement, and evaluate new services and procedures, and delegate individual responsibility for the outcomes of their joint efforts.This quote comes from an oft-cited monograph by Atelia I. Melaville with Martin J. Blank called What It Takes: Structuring Interagency Partnerships to Connect Children and Families with Comprehensive Services (Washington DC: Education and Human Services Consortium, 1991).http://www.scottlondon.com/reports/ppcc.html

Anon.

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Ronald Knox

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Take up the White Man's burden -- send forth the best ye breed -- go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need.

Rudyard Kipling

A person is higher than an animal because of his ability to speak, but he is lower than an animal if he cannot properly use this ability.

Leo Tolstoy

I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity.

James Dickey