"But without a need, even the finest piece of beef is merely a piece of dead bull is it not?"

“I collaborated with a brilliant young sound designer named Anthony Mattana, who enriched the sound of the total production with vocal effects, percussive and other sounds. He also mixed the sound effects and the music, using the theater's first rate sound system to complement the theater's acoustics. This completed my score.”

Source : Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

“In the preface to his great History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher wrote: "Men wiser than and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot, a rhythm, a predetermined pattern. These harmonies are concealed from me. I can see only one emergency following upon another as wave follows upon wave ..." It seems to me that the same is true of the much older [geological stratigraphical] history of Europe.”

“for what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear?”

Source : Ouida (2016). “Bimbi: Stories for Children”, p.55, Ouida

“At times like this, adults need a drink”

“It's not about rugby, it's about young men. It's not about building a championship team, it's about building championship boys. Boys who will be forever strong.”

“Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort of way. Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax.p28”

“These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth.”

“The Senate is extremely slow: They have enormous difficulty passing the bills that even get through the House. That's the reality that I've recognized in my two years: that it takes time to change the world.”