"Even IBM can't stand in the way of progress... for more than a decade."

“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite”

“The most painful household accident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug.”

“[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful.”

“I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover's hand. She doesn't need a bag.”

Source : "'Fashion Is a Matter of Taste, Not Money'". Interview with Claudia Voigt and Britta Sandberg, www.spiegel.de. April 7, 2011.

“Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.”

“No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.”

“If you truly dwell within Acceptance, you are wityout two things-Expectations and Disappointments.”

“Like building a house, travel always costs more than you estimate.”

Source : Ilka Chase (1963). “Elephants Arrive at Half-past Five”, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday