"We come to think of an idealist as one who seeks to realize what is not in fact realizable. But, it is necessary to insist, to have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals, however often it may be the case that our ideals are impracticable."

-- Susan Stebbing

#Thinking Quotes #May Quotes #Facts Quotes

“I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.”
“Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 5, 2010.
“It is said that for money you can have everything, but you cannot. You can buy food, but not appetite... fun, but not joy; acquaintances, but not friends; leisure, but not peace. You can have the husk of everything for money, but not the kernel.”
“Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive”
“I think honestly that Michael [Gove] came to this decision[Prime Minister candidate] very late, that he needed to step up.”
“As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises.”
“I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.”
“The arts are not frosting but baking soda.”

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