"Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame."

-- William Cowper

#Rome Quotes #Names Quotes #England Quotes

“The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.”
“It was reported today that the machine on board the International Space Station that turns urine into drinking water has been fixed. After hearing this, an astronaut said, 'Wait. You mean that wasn't lemon Tang?'”
“I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.”

Source : Gordon Parks (1975). “Moments without proper names”, Studio
“I do not rule Russia: ten thousand clerks do.”
“The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.”
“Quarrelling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. (And) There is no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Righ and Wrong are...”
“The best way to lose a job is just not to care. When you do not care, it shows in everything you do”
“My idol was Marilyn Monroe, who was a size 16, I think, and curvy in all the right places. I will never be stick thin. I remember a shoot where I had to get into these tiny hot pants, and I thought, 'God, I wish I hadn't eaten.'”

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