Heningham Ellett Quotes & Sayings

No century has been more concerned than ours to do away with war: it has proved signally unsuccessful. All too little attention has been given to the phenomenon that internal politics have become increasingly more warlike. — Bertrand De Jouvenel

I saw that she was crying. Before I knew it, I was kissing her. Others on the platform were staring at us, but I didn't care about such things anymore. We were alive, she and I. And all we had to think about was continuing to live. — Haruki Murakami

There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research can trap you into the past. — William Bernbach

Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority. — John Kenneth Galbraith

The modernist preference for high seriousness is replaced by the postmodernist preference for playfulness. — Dharanidhar Sahu

The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. — Anonymous

I wanted to find my voice, so I sat in silence.
I wanted joy, so I cried my heart open.
I wanted wisdom, so I capered in bodacious foolishness.
I wanted freedom, so I felt my bonds. — Catherine Scott

The real inferiority of women to men is shown by their hate of paederasty, which they regard as unfair competition. Men on the other hand rather approve of Sapphism, as saving them trouble & expense.
- Aleister Crowley. 1929-03-09 diary entry. — Lawrence Sutin