“Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.” Quote by Fausto Cercignani
“I'm told some people no longer bother to have friends at all - can't fit them in.” PeopleFriendsFitBother Author:Joan Frank
“Lovers and even some family members may come and go but the friendships that take root abide. Sometimes the best of what is true survives as if it had an independent will: The coals of friendship keep themselves alive until something happens to rekindle them.” IfsMaySometimesHappensFriendshipAliveLoversMembersRootsIndependentThings HappenCoalComes And GoesFamily Members Author:Joan Frank
“Yes, letter writing is antiquated - though there remain a few renegades who still so treasure the luxury of contemplating their lives in letters that they would rather write than call.” WritingStillsLettersTreasureLuxuryContemplatingLetter WritingRenegades Author:Joan Frank
“Public depictions of women still tend to remain rigid and narrow - about the size of a coffin, say.” StillsWomenSizeCoffinsDepiction Book:Desperate Women Need to Talk to You Source: Desperate Women Need to Talk to You
“I found myself face to face with a long line of people resembling extras off the set of Night of the Living Dead: shuffling along, pale and twitching, empty cups in hand -- murderous. Miserable. No matter that the air was rich with vapors of fresh-ground beans and warm muffins; no matter that the soft piped-in Vivaldi poured over us like steamed milk. These angry zombies were rushing to work, and their eyes flashed fair warning: Don't mess with us. We haven't had our coffee.” PeopleLongMatterHandsEyeFacesNightFoundLinesRichAirHavensFairsEmptyAngryWarmCoffeeCupsMessMiserableExtrasWarningMilkPaleZombieFace To FaceBeansRushingVaporLong LinesMuffinsShufflingTwitchingEmpty CupVivaldiNight Of The Living Dead Author:Joan Frank
“The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness, are liable to vary. The constitution of the atom, as it were, and not merely its position, changes under the influence of environment.” MenGivingHumansEndsFormDiesStrongBornConsciousnessEconomicDyingEmotionalBirthPeriodsDemandOptimismCrisisConstantErrorsProsperityExcitedErasExcitementGiantsPessimismInfantVaryLiableHuman ConsciousnessNew EraGravitationElasticityStrong Emotional Author:Arthur Cecil Pigou
“Even if the constants which economists wish to determine were less numerous, and the method of experiment more accessible, we should still be faced with the fact that the constants themselves are different at different times. The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness, are liable to vary. The constitution of the atom, as it were, and not merely its position, changes under the influence of environment.” IfsShouldHumansStillsDifferentFactsWishConsciousnessEnvironmentInfluenceEconomicPositionDemandConstitutionMethodConstantDetermineExperimentsAtomsEconomistVaryLiableDifferent TimesHuman ConsciousnessGravitationElasticity Author:Arthur Cecil Pigou
“Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.” SelfInterestEnlightenedSelf InterestPublic Good Author:William H. Prescott
“It is quite likely that the modern contrivances for making Sunday-schools amusing have given them a distate for the more solemn services of the sanctuary. If so, the amusement is a sin. The schools should feed the church. Children ought to be led by one into the other, exposed to the preaching of the gospel, taught the ways of God's house, and brought up under its influence, with all its hallowed and elevating influences.” IfsWayShouldChildrenSchoolHouseGivenChurchSinInfluenceModernTaughtOughtSundayExposedPreachingAmusementSolemnAmusingSanctuarySunday SchoolElevating Author:Samuel I. Prime
“I thought success in show business was everything. It isn't. I don't know what is.” KnowsShowsSuccessShow Business Author:Martha Raye