"It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball."

“Women's liberationists spread the word that the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous.”

“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”

Source : Mikhail Bulgakov (1967). “The master and Margarita [by] Mikhail Bulgakov”

“I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do”

“Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame.”

Source : Giacomo Meyerbeer (1989). “Giacomo Meyerbeer: A Life in Letters”

“The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.”

“I have never squandered an opportunity to read.”

Source : Joe Queenan (2012). “One for the Books”, p.7, Penguin

“In the beginning of Roomba, we all took turns answering the support line. Once, a woman called and explained that her robot had a defective motor. I said, 'Send it back. We'll send you a new one.' She said, 'No - I'm not sending you Rosie.'”

Source : "My Roomba's Name Is Roswell". Interview with Celeste Biever, www.slate.com. March 23, 2014.

“Drink poison rather than worry.”