"I'm one of the old crabby types and younger people are perfectly happy with everything that goes on."

“In the sheltered heart of the clumps last year's foliage still clings to the lower branches, tatters of orange that mutter with the passage of the wind, the talk of old women warning the green generation of what they, too, must come to when the sap runs back.”

Source : Jacquetta Hawkes (1952). “A land”

“I brought the birdcages to the windows. I opened the windows, and opened the birdcages. I poured the fish down the drain. I took the dogs and cats downstairs and removed their collars. I released the insects onto the street. And the reptiles. And the mice. I told them, Go. All of you. Go. And they went. And they didn’t come back”

“Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.”

“Well, you sort of get out of the pool room, you get out of the Marine Corps, you get out and read some literature, you become involved with people who also want to know and are ready to share some ideas about literature and thoughts, and it becomes nourished that way.”

“A good problem statement often includes what is known, what is unknown, and what is sought.”

Source : Edward Hodnett (1955). “The art of problem solving: how to improve your methods”, Harper & Brothers

“I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986.”

“The only way to stop a rebellion is to crush it with blood and fire, and to wound them so they'll never dare to raise a hand again.”

“I'd get invited to parties, and instead it would be these abandoned houses.”