Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
Michael Levine
- Lessons at the Halfway Point
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
Thomas Arnold Bennett
He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.
Anonymous
He early on let her know who is the boss. He looked her right in the eye and clearly said, "You're the boss."
Anonymous
He exposes all the function on the top and puts the form below. It's as if you were to wear your entrails on top of your head.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)
, about un-named well known architect of his day.
He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
Stephen Leacock
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
J. Heller
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
Sydney Smith
, referring to Macaulay
