The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – Samuel Butler
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. – Samuel Butler
To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty. – Samuel Butler
The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night. – Howard Brenton
There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control. – Leo Buscaglia