[F]lowers… adorn our lanes, fields and fells, and… smile upon us and cheer and bless us in our country rambles…. the lovely blossoms… kiss the clear brooks and mountain wells… – James Rigg, “Preface,” Wild Flower Lyrics and Other Poems, 1897
A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring. – The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams
Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while youre of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not. – Iain Duncan Smith
The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, its strong enough to unplug me from the comedians mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry. – Seth Meyers
Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. – Eric Hoffer
