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“Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting, and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. To my own surprise I burst out with hot conviction. Only a few years ago I enjoyed my tranquility; now I am so disturbed by the outer world and by human quality in general that I want to put things right, as though I still owed a debt to life. I must calm down. I am far too frail to indulge in moral fervor.”
Source : Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.11, Knopf
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“The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son”
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“At this year's Open, I'll have five boyfriends.”
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“It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control.”
Source : Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.100, Read Books Ltd
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“Whenever you complete a task of any size or importance, you feel a surge of energy, enthusiasm, and self-esteem. The more important the completed task, the happier, more confident, and more powerful you feel about yourself and your world.”
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“I have never had a dietician and I never will, unless I get a disease.”
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“Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.”
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“We must each find our separate meaning in the persuasion of our days until we meet in the meaning of the world.”
Source : Christopher Fry (2007). “Fry: Plays Three”, p.91, Oberon Books
