"Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want."

--

Source : When pressed by a gramophone company for a written testimonial, in Hesketh Pearson 'Beerbohm Tree' (1956) ch. 19; Beerbohm later insisted 'the immortalism must stand' when asked to make amendments

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

#Long Quotes #Add Quotes #Machines Quotes

“I want them to have a desirable experience in whatever way that may manifest itself in each person.”
“Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control.”
“I sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds.”
“Who does not feel that Nansen's account of his search for the Pole rather loses than gains in ideal satisfaction by the pretense of a few trifling acquisitions for science?”
“When another recognizes you, that recognition draws the dimension of Being more fully into this world through both of you. That is the love that redeems the world.”
“We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return ...”
“When you're using a long brush, you have your arm at full length. Basically, it exaggerates the movement of your body. But I always start far away and end up really close.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The post-Second World War simple system of social democracy and organized labour has fragmented massively, but just because people aren't organized in workplace trade unions doesn't mean they aren't in associations with other people - work-based, place-based, culture-based, sport-based, faith-based - there's a bit of an old rainbow coalition argument.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

You may also like:

Aubrey Beardsley
Author
Ellen Terry
Actress
Evelyn Waugh
Writer
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
George du Maurier
Cartoonist
Max Beerbohm
Essayist
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Actress
Oliver Reed
Actor
Oscar Wilde
Writer