Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. – Horace Walpole Category: Curmudgeonesque
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. – Charles de Gaulle Category: Curmudgeonesque
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt Category: Curmudgeonesque
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death. – Fran Lebowitz Category: Curmudgeonesque
Power is action the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. – Honore de Balzac Category: power
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims. – Francesca Annis Category: Family
The enthusiastic, to those who are not, are always something of a trial. – Alban Goodier Category: Curmudgeonesque
