Quotes for the depression forums: 16th July 2010
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:27 pm
I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.
-- Herb Caen
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
-- Henry James
Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
-- Tallulah Bankhead
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
-- Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 5
-- Herb Caen
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
-- Henry James
Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
-- Tallulah Bankhead
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
-- Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 5