"I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home."

-- Henry James

#Home Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Patriotism Quotes

“The worst thing to me would be that you put on the face you think people want to see, and then they don't like it and you think, Would they have liked the real me?”
“A writer who has never explored words, who has never searched, seeded, sieved, sifted through his knowledge and memory...dictiona ries, thesaurus, poems, favorite paragraphs, to find the right word, is like someone owning a gold mine who has never mined it.”
“A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.”
“The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.”
“Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, 'No, you have to let me lead.' So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races.”

Source : Parade Interview, parade.com. December 4, 2007.
“E pur si muove. "Albeit It does move". (That's what Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.)”
“Our culture is just too comfortable in creating these kind of divisions between culture.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.”

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