Best of the Improv, Vol. 3 (2003)
Karel Appel (1921–2006) Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet
Quote from a 1995 interview with Rudi Fuchs; in 'Appel, about growing older'; as quoted by Frank van der Ploeg, in 'The Low Countries'. Jaargang 12(2004) http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_low001200401_01/_low001200401_01_0027.php
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Growing Old
“Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Marriage and Single Life
“The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry.”
Brandon Boyd (1976) American rock singer, writer and visual artist
Rolling Stone, on his “ideal” soulmate
Maryanne Ellison Simmons (1949) American printmaker
The Waiting Room http://books.google.com/books?id=rhzwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22If+a+woman+has+her+Ph+D+in+physics+has+mastered+quantum+theory+plays+flawless+Chopin+was+once+a+cheerleader+and+is+now+married+to+a+man+who+plays+baseball+she+will+forever+be+former+cheerleader+married+to+star+athlete%22&pg=PA24#v=onepage magazine (May 1982)
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680) English poet, and peer of the realm
As quoted in The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and Wisdom (1958) by Herbert Victor Prochnow
“Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Illingworth, Act III.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Variant: Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
