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“Extra-marital sex is as overrated as pre-marital sex. And marital sex, come to think of it.”
Source : Simon Gray (2013). “Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car”, p.370, Faber & Faber
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“That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the present moment. ... The air seems to become as accessible to him as the waters.... The name of Montgolfier, the names of those hardy navigators of the new element, will live through time; but who among us, on seeing these superb experiments, has not felt his soul elevated, his ideas expanded, his mind enlarged?”
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“There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.”
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“Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it incessantly.”
Source : William H. Seward's memorandum to President Abraham Lincoln, April 1, 1861.
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“We artists allow others to see through our windows.”
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“If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.”
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“My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.”
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“The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.”
Source : Bode Miller (2005). “Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun”, p.284, Villard
