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“I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.”
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“This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.”
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“Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.”
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“If I could start over today, I would choose literature again. If the answers exist in the world or in the universe, I still think that's where we're going to find them.”
Source : Elif Batuman (2010). “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them”, p.290, Macmillan
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“What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.”
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“Fresh grapes and wine are perhaps the most luscious foods we mortals encounter during our sojourn here.”
Source : Jeff Cox (2015). “From Vines to Wines, 5th Edition: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine”, p.8, Storey Publishing
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“You can either tell yourself, 'It's too hard, I don't think I'll be able to do it,' or 'Yes, I can do this. Let me at it!' Only a fine line separates the two. But I'll tell you one thing: if you work like crazy, you'll come to display capabilities that you never knew you had--potentials that you always possessed, but never tapped.”
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“Anytime you are with a horse, no matter if you are a daily rider or one who just gets a chance to ride to the mailbox, you are interacting with your horse. It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity. Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.”
