Barchestertowers Quotes & Sayings

Epicurus grasped how incredibly bad we are at being happy, and how talented we are at making up reasons to be miserable. We might put off our happiness, telling ourselves as we squeeze onto the Tube to go to our spirit-crushing job that at some point in the future we'll be happy, when we're promoted, when we're rich, when we're retired. Meanwhile the present moment flows by, unnoticed and unenjoyed. — Anonymous

Whenever something is engineered as complex, it is designed to keep you simple. — Richard Diaz

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes. — Paul Ryan

Taboos are falling across our culture like dominoes. What was unspeakable yesterday dominates talk shows today. — Ellen Goodman

If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don't! — Jimmy Carter

I remember a table in BarchesterTowers that had more character than the combined heroes of three recent novels I've read. — Anatole Broyard