Jimmy Carr (1972) British comedian and humourist
Simon Mills (November 14, 2005) "Top Table", The Daily Mail.
Jimmy Carr (1972) British comedian and humourist
Simon Mills (November 14, 2005) "Top Table", The Daily Mail.
Katherine Mansfield book Je ne parle pas français
"Je ne parle pas français," http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mansfield/bliss/bliss.html#francais from Bliss and Other Stories (1920) <br class="br">Variant: I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it. <br class="br">Context: I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it. You can't get it into shape; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.
“What good are all these books to you? You can't eat them! How can they make you happy?”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
William S. Burroughs book The Adding Machine: Collected Essays
"A Word to the Wise Guy"
The Adding Machine: Collected Essays (1985)
“If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.”
David Levithan book Love Is the Higher Law
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
Paul Auster (1947) novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter
Paul Auster, Man In The Dark, New York: Henry Holt and Company, p. 63.
Man In The Dark (2008)
Norman Schwarzkopf (1934–2012) United States Army general
Quoted in "The Military Quotation Book" (2002) by James Charlton, p. 60