"It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all."

-- Laurence Housman

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Ladies playing cricket? Absurd. Just like a man trying to knit”
“And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know.”

Source : "Today" with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2004.
“I'm always happy when I learn more about communication in the wide free scope of that word. So next is a move, getting the film made and working on more music everyday which is equally large in my being as filmmaking.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.”
“It's never been bad or ridiculous. I know who I am and what I've done, and I'm really comfortable with myself.”
“If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.”

Source : William Dean Howells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Dean Howells (Illustrated)”, p.4038, Delphi Classics
“Humility is the key to liberation.”
“I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.”

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