"But let us laugh carelessly like other men. Let us be timid even among fools. Let us knot silence around our throats. For they would surely kill us."

-- Glenway Wescott

#Men Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Silence Quotes

“An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.”
“Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden.”
“An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy.”
“I was an ignored guy and have been for many years. But I suppose I became well-known after being ignored. After the release of the CDs and LPs, especially the LPs, people like it. I was impressed.”
“Pure womanhood plus priesthood means exaltation. But womanhood without priesthood, or priesthood without pure womanhood doesn't spell exaltation.”
“You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.”
“Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman I knew, who would never say 'the weather grew cold,' but that 'winter begins to salute us.' I have no patience for such coxcombs ...”
“I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.”

You may also like:

Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Novelist
George Balanchine
Choreographer
George Tooker
Painter
Jerome Robbins
Theater Producer
Katherine Anne Porter
Journalist
Lincoln Kirstein
Writer
Suzanne Farrell
Ballerina
Walker Evans
Photographer
Richard Sammel
Actor