"For me, New York is comfortable, not strange."

-- Karl Lagerfeld

#New York Quotes #Strange Quotes

“The trouble is if you donâ€™t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
“Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it.”

Source : "La Vie de Toulouse-Lautrec' (T-Lautrec)". Book by Henri Perruchot translated by Humphrey Hare (p. 76), 1960/1961.
“War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love. That espirit de corps sustained us.”
“Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.”
“My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you.”
“I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the end of America. It's a free market and you just put it on. The fact that science has not been on neck-and-neck with it means that people believe science could not compete on that level.”
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
“Good will, that curious product of consciousness, of leisure and energy to spare and share. That thing we put out against the forces of interest. That extra thing. Religions and nations and political parties have taken it and used it as coinage, have said you must only give it in exchange for value.”

Source : Naomi Mitchison (1990). “A Girl Must Live: Stories and Poems”

You may also like:

Anna Wintour
Magazine editor
Christian Dior
Fashion designer
Coco Chanel
Fashion designer
Donatella Versace
Fashion designer
Jean Paul Gaultier
Fashion designer
John Galliano
Fashion designer
Marc Jacobs
Fashion designer
Tom Ford
Fashion designer
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion designer