"Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money."

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Source : Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.9, Grove Press

Alan Ayckbourn

#Money Quotes #Men Quotes #Care Quotes

“I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world's heart for two thousand years.”
“I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible.”

Source : "Go green: have fewer kids, says environmentalist" by Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2009.
“I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.”
“But, because my private lectures and domestic pupils are a great hinderance and intteruption of my studies, I wish to live entirely exempt from the former, and in great measure from the latter. ... in short, I should wish to gain my bread from my writings.”
“To right, the unrightable wrong, to love pure and chaste from a-far, to try when your arms are too weary, to reach the unreachable star.”
“Wait." "So what am I supposed to do now?" "You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey." (222-223)”
“Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come, take me now! Jean won't mind; he'll avert his eyes like a gentleman.”
“I worry about technical details - did I mix the cello half a decibel too high? Things like that.”

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