Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Of course, behaviorism works. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. – W. H. Auden
[W]hat is good behavior? A lying varnish spread upon a bit of wood to make it pass for a cane. – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and
Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life. – Attributed to H.W. Beecher
I just hope that I continue to keep a line between my private life and who I play, even if they are closely intertwined, and so Im careful. I dont even know where my line is, but I know I have a line. – Lena Dunham
