"We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences"

“My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.”

“To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.”

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”

Source : Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.71

“A person who has never owned a dog has missed a wonderful part of life.”

“If man had a sense of proportion, he would die of shame.”

“In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.”

Source : “Theodore Bikel, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Star, Dies at 91” by Duane Byrge , Alex Ben Block, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 21, 2015.

“Cheap work is seldom, if ever, valuable. Usually, it’s just cheap.”

“I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.”

Source : "Upton to revisit light bulb ban" by Darren Samuelsohn, www.politico.com. November 18, 2010.