"I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer; To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman's age in half a minute--and I do"

-- W. S. Gilbert

#Two Quotes #Age Quotes #Half Quotes

“Oil is seldom found where it is most needed, and seldom most needed where it is found.”
“One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.”
“I had a lovely time growing up.”
“Breastroke is an athletic event, butterfly is a political statement.”
“...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.”
“When itâ€™s too good, you do it over again. Too good is too easy. If itâ€™s too easy you have to worry. If youâ€™re not lying awake at night worrying about it, the reader isnâ€™t going to, either. I always know that when I get a good nightâ€™s sleep, the next day Iâ€™m not going to get any work done. Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. Itâ€™s not all inspirational.”
“Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.”
“There is no external solution to the problem of insecurity.”

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