"Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing them."

-- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#Party Quotes #Giving Quotes #People Quotes

“We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.”
“Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.”
“In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.”
“Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so”
“However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.”
“I think, therefore I am ... not here.”
“At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”

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