"If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt."

-- G. M. Trevelyan

#Cricket Quotes #Peasants Quotes #Capable Quotes

“Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.”

Source : Traditional sign-off for "The Writer's Almanac" radio show, 1993 - 2017.
“I just want my kid to not hate and to be a good human. That's what you try to do. You hope that they are the next evolution of your thing.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.
“From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.”
“It would not be more unreasonable to transplant a favorite flower out of black earth into gold dust than it is for a person to let money-getting harden his heart into contempt, or into impatience, of the little attentions, the merriments and the caresses of domestic life.”
“I can kind of fit the women's and the men's samples in a very similar way, just because of where my body is in my life, and I feel like it's modern to mix.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.”
“The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.”
“... dissatisfaction with one's self and dissatisfaction with the world - is necessary - it is one of the prime things that keeps the artist going on - that drives him - happiness, as such, must come in between times, as best it can.”

Source : Keith F. Davis, Nancy Barrett, John H. Lawrence, Clarence John Laughlin (1990). “Clarence John Laughlin: visionary photographer”, Hallmark Card Inc

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