"My whole theory for the improvement of society is based on a belief in the discipline and the education of the individual to self-control and right doing, for the sake of right doing. I have never seen fundamental improvements imposed from the top by ordinances and laws."

-- Ida Tarbell

#Self Quotes #Law Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.”
“All kinds of music comes out that I'm not prepared for. Some of it is good, some of it rubbish, but I kind of accept it all. That's the nature of stream-of-consciousness. You can't always come up with your most lucid material in the heat of the moment. I take that risk when I play live. I open up my mind, however fertile a creative springboard it is that evening.”
“No man loves life like him that's growing old.”
“There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way.”
“It is not true that sex degrades women... if it is any good.”
“It is more important to just be as honest as I can about my characters than to write some really great sentence.”
“Most people are only too delighted to wreck each other's heads. And for the tiny minority who do their pathetic best not to, this world is going to go right ahead and make sure they do it anyway.”
“I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books.”

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