“Men expect too much, do too little, Put the contraption before the accomplishment, Lack skill of the interior mind To fashion dignity with shapes of air. Luxury, yes but not elegance!” MenMindLittlesToo MuchAirFashionHuman NatureShapesSkillsDignityLuxuryAccomplishmentInteriorsElegance Book:Collected Poems, 1919-1976 Source: Collected Poems, 1919-1976
“When I started out, I was a television writer, and we wrote a television show that was on live every week. And you didn't have the luxury of coming in and waiting to be inspired. You came in and you had to write. And you wrote, because it was going to be live on the air. So I can do that.” WritingI CanShowsWaitingCan DoAirWeekTelevisionInspiredLuxuryTelevision ShowsBe Inspired Author:Woody Allen
“What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare. Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food, And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.” EarthChristianAirBloodSeaTasteEatingSkinsBillsBritishLuxuryFranceMarshes Author:John Gay
“It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.” AirWindowLuxuryEmpiresConditioningBarbariansRoman EmpireAir ConditioningRoman Civilization Author:Garrison Keillor