Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success. – John D. MacDonald
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf ;is better than a whole loaf. – G. K. Chesterton
As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldnt actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you dont want it. – Jarvis Cocker
