"A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections"

-- Joseph Addison

#Inspiration Quotes #Imperfection Quotes #Critics Quotes

“You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.”
“All these stipulations, I'm surprised [David Haye ] didn't ask me to carry him to that seat. The demands are unbelievable, my demands were let me pick my own gloves.”
“Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.”
“People better get used to the idea that I exist.”
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”
“A hard beginnyng makth a good endyng.”
“In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. But among the writings of the representative Eugenists [sic], one cannot ignore the distinct middle-class bias that prevails.”
“I didnâ€™t want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.”

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