"Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class."

-- Clive Bell

#Work Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Class Quotes

“[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore essentially clear and deep and honest than he himself is, and he will be judged finally not for how many copies his books have sold, but for what they have done to enrich the lives of their readers, now and in time to come.”

Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr
“Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.”
“True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.”
“I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.”
“A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.”
“The heart that loves must one day grieve. Love and grief are the Goddess's twined gifts. Let the pain in, let it open your heart to compassion. Let me help you bear your grief and then may your heart ease and open to greater love. May the love that flows eternally through the universe embrace and comfort you. p.85”

Source : Cate Tiernan (2008). “The Calling: Book Seven”, p.86, Penguin
“A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.”

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