"If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat"

-- George Bernard Shaw

#Smart Quotes #Shoes Quotes #Rebel Quotes

“Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.”

Source : "Vint Cerf: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 24, 2008.
“Man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.”
“Philistinism! - We have not the expression in English. Perhaps we have not the word because we have so much of the thing.”
“A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.”
“Don't get mad except on purpose.”
“Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.”
“Iâ€™ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this book I did a lot of fun research on robber barons like Rockefeller and Morgan. But the most helpful stuff came from studying royal families and mad emperors. The best book I read was probably A Kingâ€™s Own Story, which is the memoir of Edward VIII. Also, anything about Ivan the Terrible or Ted Turner.”
“One's emotions are intensified in Parisâ€”one can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it is always a positive source of joy to live here, and there is nobody so miserable as a Parisian in exile from his town.”

Source : Nancy Mitford (2010). “The Pursuit of Love”, p.146, Vintage

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