"You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping."

“Truly great architecture always transcends its stated function, sometimes in unanticipated ways.”

“Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.”

Source : Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble (2008). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition”, p.363, Oxford University Press

“No longer dependent on 30 second spots, today's marketers need a never-ending stream of content.”

“In novels like 'Kaaterskill Falls', I've been able to write sympathetically about religious people - and beyond that, I've been able to take a religious point of view - because belief does not anger or embarrass me.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.”

“Industrial opportunities are going to stem more from the biological sciences than from chemistry and physics. I see biology as being the greatest area of scientific breakthroughs in the next generation.”

“Life is the only sentence which doesn't end with a period.”

Source : Lois Gould (1970). “Such good friends”, Random House Trade

“I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.”