"Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'"

-- Mark Twain

#Kings Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Editors Quotes

“For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.”
“Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. Thats always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.”
“What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.”
“Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty.”

Source : "The eyes have it" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2002.
“Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.”
“I listen to kids play a lot.”
“There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.”
“Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.”

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