Judy Trenor Quotes & Sayings

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does not look as if it did. — Walter Bagehot

A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation. — Lewis Hyde

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. — Laurence Sterne

Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Instant information is not for me. I prefer to search library stacks because when I work to learn something, I remember it. And, Oprah, can you imagine curling up in bed to read a computer? Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up - some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal. — Harper Lee

In matters where I have no cognizance
I hold my tongue. — Sophocles