"Left to itself the masculine imagination has very little appreciation for the here and now; it prefers to dwell on what is absent, on what has been or may be. If men are more punctual than women, it is because they know that, without the external discipline of clock time, they would never get anything done."

-- W. H. Auden

#Appreciation Quotes #Men Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“There were two good fellows I used to know. --How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List.”

Source : James Kenneth Stephen (1909). “Lapsus Calami and Other Verses”
“Reverence is simply the experience of accepting that all Life is, in and of itself, of value.”
“. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people, of no matter what sex or age, dining in a good restaurant; six people . . . dining in a good home.”
“Freedom means you're free to do just whatever pleases you; if, of course that is to say, what you please is what you may.”
“One thing is sure, O comrades, that the love That fights to keep us rooted in the earth, But also urges us to dare the stars, This irresistible, this ancient power Wedged in the soul, unshakable, is the light That burns our roots and leaves us free for Space.”
“The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do it. Trust it.”
“Where is it written that houses must be beige? Any dun colored house would look better if painted pineapple, cream, ochre, or even a smart sage.”
“I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.”

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