I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy.
And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear! That only I remember, that only you admire, Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.
I consider the success of my day based on the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.
Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
He. . . " Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me. " Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.
Pain is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Death is nature's way of telling you to stop.
I've been in politics all my life. In 1945, I committed my first act of civil disobedience during the election campaign for the first post-World War II general election, when the Labour Party, to everyone's amazement, ousted the Conservatives. I refused to obey the instructions of a policeman, and as a result, almost got a belt around the ear, because those were the days when policemen could hit children and nobody cared, they thought it was probably good for them.
I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.