Modestia A Parte Quotes & Sayings

O ye rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease. — Baha'u'llah

I'll have a martini...two at the most. Three, I'm under the table...four, I'm under the host. — Dorothy Parker

Can there be any greater pleasure than to come across an author one enjoys and then to find they have written not just one book or two, but at least a dozen? — Alan Bennett

Thinking is the desire to gain reality by means of ideas. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

The man still fighting last week's battle will always lose to the man already fighting tomorrow's, — Brian Staveley

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study. — Wynton Marsalis

Do not let circumstances defeat you. You can if you think you can. — Norman Vincent Peale

I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time. — Deirdre O'Kane

I was an assistant once. I worked for Rob Reiner and his family. I did sign a confidentiality agreement, though. — Cheryl Hines