A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups. – Seamus Heaney
Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so Ive stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them. – Russell Crowe
I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out. – George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active not passive observers. – James Humes
