The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

People Die...Beauty Fades...Love Changes...And You Will Always Be Alone

L.J. Smith

Because if you don't stand up for the stuff you don't like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you've already lost.

Neil Gaiman

We must select the Illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

Cyril Connolly

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

John Cale

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

Cyril Connolly

By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?'

Alastair Campbell

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

Robertson Davies

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

Robert Morgan

Consider Social Security. The young have always contributed to the support of the old. Earlier, the young helped their own parents out of a sense of love and duty. They now contribute to the support of someone else's parents out of compulsion and fear. The voluntary transfers strengthened the bonds of the family; the compulsory transfers weaken those bonds.

Milton Friedman

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Oscar Wilde

Do you see difficulties in every opportunity or opportunities in every difficulty?

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I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had.

Terry Riley