All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate. – Walter Benjamin
The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed. – Gijs de Vries
A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for the husband, being home, trying to do it all. – Julianna Margulies
