Ken MacLeod book Learning the World
Source: Learning the World (2005), Chapter 7 “Television” (p. 110)
Ken MacLeod book Learning the World
Source: Learning the World (2005), Chapter 7 “Television” (p. 110)
Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) American psychologist
The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1971).
1970s and later
“You have absorb'd me. I have a sensation at the present moment as though I was dissolving.”
John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet
“A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.”
Helen Rowland (1875–1950) American journalist
Second Marriages
A Guide to Men (1922)
“I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
“If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) film, stage, and television actress
Variant: If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun
Elizabeth Barrett Browning book Sonnets from the Portuguese
No. LXIII
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
Context: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! —and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
“Now I have a cat. Well, that's not quite accurate. A cat and I have each other.”
Kinky Friedman (1944) Singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician
“I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.”
Kinky Friedman (1944) Singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician
“Marriage is a wonderful institution… but who wants to live in an institution?”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
“Your wide eyes are the only light I know from extinguished constellations.”
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet
“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
Roald Dahl (1916–1990) British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. ”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The White Company
The White Company (1891)