State of the Art (2000)
“They exude an atmosphere of The New Republic—a sort of Crolier-than-thou air. p. 36”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923 (2014) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25758762M/Dorothy_Parker_Complete_Broadway_1918-1923, Chapter 1: 1918
“How am I to obtain a very superior son who shall achieve world-wide fame?”
Kunti character from Indian epic Mahabharata
Pandu
After this, the Kuru king Pandu, taking counsel with the great Rishis commanded Kunti to observe an auspicious vow for one full year.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII
“Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people.”
Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) sixth Prime Minister of India
Quote, Memorable Quotes from Rajiv Gandhi and on Rajiv Gandhi
“A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.”
Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant
Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 2, p. 427
“Cuba was developed as a sugar factory of the United States”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
The Cuban Economy (1964)
Context: The natural advantages of the cultivation of sugar in Cuba are obvious, but the predominant fact is that Cuba was developed as a sugar factory of the United States.
“Chameleons feed on light and air:
Poets' food is love and fame.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Romantic poet
An Exhortation http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley/2579 (1819), st. 1
“All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.”
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross (1902–2003) British politician
As quoted in his obituary in The Times (11 July 2003) http://www.fpp.co.uk/History/Nuremberg/Times110703.html
Yu Zhengsheng (1945) Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Yu Zhengsheng (2013) cited in " China unveils 6 new cross-strait measures http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/06/17/381387/China-unveils.htm" on The China Post, 17 June 2013.
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
