"When television came roaring in after the war (World War II) they did a little school survey asking children which they preferred and why - television or radio. And there was this 7-year-old boy who said he preferred radio "because the pictures were better."

-- Alistair Cooke

#Children Quotes #War Quotes #School Quotes

“You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.”

Source : Violet Keppel Trefusis, Mitchell Alexander Leaska (1991). “Violet to Vita: the letters of Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West, 1910-21”, Viking Adult
“We do not cease to be children because we are disobedient children.”

Source : Frederick Denison Maurice (1843). “The Kingdom of Christ: Or, Hints Respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances of the Catholic Church”, p.266
“Happiness is a direction, not a place.”
“The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I'd not seen that in England.”

Source : "Family Feud". TV Series, www.imdb.com. (1976 - 1985).
“Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future...Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science magazines over the years...Omni was the first magazine to slant all its pieces toward the future. It was fun to read and gorgeous to look at.”
“Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up - some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.”
“I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realized that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men.”
“Lastly (and this is, perhaps, the golden rule), no woman should marry a man who does not smoke.”

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