“I don't remember ever being see-saw, when I'd made my mind up that a thing was wrong. It takes the taste out o' my mouth for things, when I know I should have a heavy conscience after 'em. I've seen pretty clear, ever since I could cast up a sum, as you can never do what's wrong without breeding sin and trouble more than you can ever see. It's like a bit o' bad workmanship--you never see th' end o' the mischief it'll do. And it's a poor look-out to come into the world to make your fellow creatures worse off instead o' better.” KnowsWorldShouldMindLooksMadeEndsRememberBitsSinPoorClearSawsTroubleTasteCreaturesMouthsConscienceShould HaveFellowsCastsHeavyEmsMischiefBreedingWorkmanship Book:Works Source: Works
“The suggestion that the prime minister had been flirting with one of the senior women cabinet ministers made me laugh every time I saw it, and I thought, "if you only knew!" Perhaps they should have pushed it a bit harder.” IfsShouldMadeBitsLaughingSawsShould HaveHarderMinistersPrimeSeniorSuggestionsPrime MinisterFlirtingCabinetsIf Only You Knew Author:Edwina Currie
“it is a surprising thing that the largest city in the world should have a population as gentle and pleasant and intimate and considerate and comforting as a little bit of a place where everybody knows everybody and everything, but astonishing or not it is perfectly true and the inhabitants of New York are just like that, and they are like that and this thing is a delightful, natural and gentle and sweet and comforting thing.” KnowsWorldShouldLittlesBitsNaturalCitiesNew YorkSweetLittle BitShould HavePopulationGentleIntimatePleasantSurprisingDelightfulComfortingAstonishingConsiderateCities In The WorldSurprising Things Book:How Writing Is Written Source: How Writing Is Written
“I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.” PeopleThinkingShouldHandsStarsBitsWalksGardenShould HaveMessGardeningDirtMovie StarFingernails Author:Amanda Donohoe
“Weight is just not a hot button. In fact, during my life, it probably should have been on my radar screen a bit more. I look back at work photos and am shocked. Was I eating the people I was interviewing?! Good Lord, I was big.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensFactsBigsBitsLordEatingShould HaveWeightHotScreensButtonsShockedShould Have BeenRadar Book:Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee Source: Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee
“I think a good poem should have some inscrutable part. You can't quite explain it. The poem can only explain itself to a certain limit and at that point you enter into a little bit of mystery. That for me is the perfect poem: to begin in clarity and to end in mystery.” ThinkingShouldLittlesEndsCertainBitsPerfectMysteryLimitsLittle BitShould HaveClarityInscrutable Author:Billy Collins