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“I felt obligated to change music to art, the same way that Galileo proved the Earth was round to the world and that the Sun did not stand still.”
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“The ways of living have been rendered vastly easier by a multitude of inventions, by the increasing wealth of the country, by better and more intelligent service; and yet life is by no means easier, but indeed hard. The demands on time, whether real or imagined, have increased in a greater ratio than the supply of facilities for answering them, and as the earth provokingly continues to revolve on its axis just as rapidly as of old, the days are never long enough for all the duties which they bring.”
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“I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.”
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“Maybe Scotty the Potty turned into Scotty the Hottie. Have you thought about that?”
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“Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.”
Source : Auberon Waugh, Anna Galli-Pahlavi (1985). “The diaries of Auberon Waugh, 1976-1985: a turbulent decade”, Andre Deutsch Ltd
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“Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.”
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“Ive been playing music since I was born.”
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“As Joanna Macy reminds us, "Information by itself can increase resistance [to engagement], deepening the sense of apathy and powerlessness." Stories about particular individuals and specific situations usually have the opposite effect. By giving unwieldy problems a human face, they also bring them down to a human-and thus manageable-scale.”
Source : Paul Rogat Loeb (2010). “Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times”, p.127, St. Martin's Griffin
