Small: An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over
Jane Austen
"An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done"
Jane Austen, Writer
Small: But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even c
George Eliot
"But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy"
George Eliot, Author
Small: Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul unbelief, in denying them
George Eliot
"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them"
George Eliot, Author
Small: You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort
Virginia Woolf
"You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort"
Virginia Woolf, Author
Small: The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be co
Mary Wollstonecraft
"The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger"
Mary Wollstonecraft, Writer
Small: I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet
Prince Charles
"I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet"
Prince Charles, Royalty
Small: There is no such thing as darkness only a failure to see
"There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see"
Malcolm Muggeridge, Journalist
Small: Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial
"Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
Small: The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular
"The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
Small: From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right
Samuel Butler
"From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so
Samuel Butler
"Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African co
"No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an estimated six to seven million of them, or more than 10% of the population"
Timothy Garton Ash, Author
Small: A central claim of the Bush administrations foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East
"A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism"
Timothy Garton Ash, Author
Small: I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world
"I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world"
Malcolm Bradbury, Novelist
Small: The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past
Tim Berners-Lee
"The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Delay is the deadliest form of denial
"Delay is the deadliest form of denial"
C. Northcote Parkinson, Historian
Small: The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the ce
"The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: I work with nature, although in completely new terms
Bridget Riley
"I work with nature, although in completely new terms"
Bridget Riley, Artist
Small: Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design
"Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton
Duke of Wellington
"The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton"
Duke of Wellington, Royalty
Small: What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out
Alfred Hitchcock
"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out"
Alfred Hitchcock, Director
Small: If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey
"If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey"
Laurence Olivier, Actor
Small: The corruption of the American soul is consumerism
Ben Nicholson
"The corruption of the American soul is consumerism"
Ben Nicholson, Artist
Small: Theologians have a great problem because theyre seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everyth
John Polkinghorne
"Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in which every human inquiry is grist to the theological mill. Obviously, no theologian can know everything"
John Polkinghorne, Physicist
Small: You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals
Roger McGough
"You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals"
Roger McGough, Poet
Small: Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place
"Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place"
Robert Bolt, Playwright
Small: Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions.
Michael Burgess
"Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy"
Michael Burgess, Congressman
Small: Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationshi
"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
Small: I came like Water, and like Wind I go
Edward Fitzgerald
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go"
Edward Fitzgerald, Poet
Small: I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me and that, if once it became appare
"I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss"
Edward Grey, Politician
Small: It is part of the photographers job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him so
"It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem
Stephen Hawking
"One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem"
Stephen Hawking, Physicist
Small: And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of direc
"And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship"
John Grierson, Director
Small: Everybody grows but me
Queen Victoria
"Everybody grows but me"
Queen Victoria, Royalty
Small: We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important
"We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life"
Jim Capaldi, Musician
Small: True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility
"True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility"
Philip Pullman, Writer
Small: I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone.
"I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
Small: Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion
"Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion"
John Henry Newman, Clergyman
Small: To be truly iconic, you need to be able to be recognized in a silhouette
Slash
"To be truly iconic, you need to be able to be recognized in a silhouette"
Slash, Musician
Small: Sometimes you have to be brave and take a leap of faith, even if its scary
Sophie Ellis Bextor
"Sometimes you have to be brave and take a leap of faith, even if it's scary"
Sophie Ellis Bextor, Musician
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