The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. – Malcolm Bradbury Category: Manners
Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. – Ingmar Bergman Category: Manners
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. – Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green Category: Bicycling
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. – Susan Sontag Category: Mental Illness