William Houstoun Quotes & Sayings

It was a great peace, as if the earth had been one grave, and for a time I stood there thinking mostly of the living who, buried in remote places out of the knowledge of mankind, are still fated to share in its tragic or grotesque miseries. In its noble struggles too
who knows? The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world. It is valient enough to bear the burden, but where is the courage that would cast it off? — Joseph Conrad

Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity. — Elizabeth Price

Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain. — Emile Durkheim

Surely again, to heal men's wounds by music's spell. — Euripides

Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one. — Gary Weiss