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Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about...

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The century of...

The century of...

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create...

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The world would...

The world would...

The world would not be in such a snarl,
had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.


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Listen kid, take...

Listen kid, take...

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.

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I said to...

I said to...

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is...

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So little time...

So little time...

So little time and so little to do.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said,...

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It's useless to...

It's useless to...

It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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If your body...

If your body...

If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat...

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Dance is about...

Dance is about...

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Source: Dancing Spirit, 1993.
-- Judith...

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Every dancer lives...

Every dancer lives...

Every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Success is important...

Success is important...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to...

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Witter Bynner: A leader is...

Witter Bynner: A leader is...

A leader is best when people barely know he exists.

Source: In The New Webster's...

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J B Priestley: A novelist who...

J B Priestley: A novelist who...

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say...

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John Ford: Why, I hold...

John Ford: Why, I hold...

Why, I hold fate
Clasped in my fist, and could command the course
Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thy voice is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thy voice is...

Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums,
That beat to battle where he stands.


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Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop...

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Salman Rushdie: Sometimes legends make...

Salman Rushdie: Sometimes legends make...

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.

Source:...

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Salman Rushdie: When thought becomes...

Salman Rushdie: When thought becomes...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

Source: In...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose?though not always what I pleased....

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