"...the wonderful poems interpreting with equal magic the romance of strange lands and times, or the modern soul, naked and unashamed, as if clothed in its own complexity; the humorous-tragic questionings of the universe; the delicious travel-pictures and fantasies; the lucid criticisms of art, and politics, and philosophy, informed with malicious wisdom, shimmering with poetry and wit."

-- Israel Zangwill

#Art Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Humorous Quotes

“Radio is the playground of coincidence.”
“Kiss me, Hardy!â€™ Werenâ€™t those Nelsonâ€™s last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Donâ€™t cry. Weâ€™re still alive and we make a sensational team.”
“SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into the teeth of the Episcopalian church by the Neo-Dictionarians.”
“Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.”

Source : John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.379, Penguin
“There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.”
“I was a very unique child.”
“Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.”
“One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.”

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