"Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another."

-- W. H. Auden

#History Quotes #People Quotes #Complaining Quotes

“I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.”
“I really, really, loved being an elected official. But I also love what I'm doing now. I thrive when I can fight for people and I'm doing it now as a lawyer.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“Sometimes family was the cruelest form of love there was, for no one could hurt you more than the people who created you.”

Source : S.C. Stephens (2013). “Effortless”, p.424, Simon and Schuster
“Look what's happened to Barack Obama over the last two years or George Bush for eight. It's a blood sport. But at some point I may feel the need to run for office again.”

Source : "Morning Joe to run again?" by Jennifer Epstein, www.politico.com. December 30, 2010.
“A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.”

Source : "Profile: Commons Speaker, John Bercow" by David Hencke, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2009.
“Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.”
“Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.”
“What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.”

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