By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – Eric Hoffer
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. – Elizabeth I
The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something about it these people are going to deprive us of a future. – Thom Yorke
Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with. – Jane Campion
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. – George Washington
