"Unfortunately, there's a lot of people in high places who understand the science but don't like where the policy leads them: too much government control."

“[St. Ives] is a wonderful place to live. It's a small fishing town and one can live there inexpensively. There's a sympathetic population of other artists, where you can exchange ideas, and it's quite rich in artistic thought.”

“Our goal as a team is to keep playing as a group for as long as we can because you will never have that team again. It is like a dying limb, you have to prune it off and let another one grow in its place. That is the way you have to do it, but it still hurts losing these guys and that team because they and you have put so much effort into building a team. Even if you win that last game (and a national championship), it hurts badly because the players know they will never have that same special group of guys together on the same team again. Somebody always goes and somebody new always comes in.”

“Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.”

“Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (2001). “A Fairly Honourable Defeat”, p.74, Penguin

“A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.”

“You have a touch in letter writing that is beyond me. Something unexpected, like coming round a corner in a rose garden and finding it still daylight.”

“The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions.”

Source : Liberty Hyde Bailey (1910). “Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for Home Use”

“The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.”