"Sable-vested Night, eldest of things."

-- John Milton

#Night Quotes #Eldest Quotes

“I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S.”
“When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest”

Source : Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group
“When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.”
“Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.”

Source : Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2012.
“On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he was writing-after a pause came the reply, 'Perhaps seven.'”
“As far as possible, everyone in the family should eat together.”
“When youre dealing with digital goods, you dont have to be tied to one URL.”
“Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.”

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