"Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs, And luxury the accomplish'd Sofa last."

-- William Cowper

#Luxury Quotes #Elbows Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”
“It's weird - I don't feel like I'm a better or more confident writer because I'm publishing something. I think, for most writers as well, it's like reinventing the wheel every time. I have no idea what I'm doing writing a novel, and in some ways, it's the only way to do it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Television is a very intimate experience. It's in your home, you watch it in your PJs and while you're folding towels.”

Source : "‘Friends’ creators Q&A: They just tried to make a show ‘that didn’t suck’". Interview with Bethonie Butler, www.washingtonpost.com. February 21, 2016.
“Adding wings to caterpillars does not create butterflies. It creates awkward and dysfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are created through transformation.”
“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
“Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 30, 2012
“Oh, here's your tax dollars at work. This is what makes people furious. The head of the GSA, a woman named Martha Johnson, has resigned after they found out she spent over $830,000 on a four-day government conference in Las Vegas. And the president is furious. Not President Obama, the president of China. It's his money. It's his money she spent.”
“In addition to showing gratitude to others, place emphasis on showing gratitude to yourself”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 20, 2016

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