“If a man in order to shoot a hare, were to discharge thousands of guns on a great moor in all possible directions; if in order to get into a locked room, he were to buy ten thousand casual keys, and try them all; if, in order to have a house, he were to build a town, and leave all the other houses to wind and weather - assuredly no one would call such proceedings purposeful and still less would anyone conjecture behind these proceedings a higher wisdom, unrevealed reasons, and superior prudence.” IfsMenTryingStillsReasonOrderHouseRoomsBehindsWindKeysHigherThousandTenGunTownsSuperiorsWeatherLockedPrudenceCasualProceedingDischargeHaresConjectureMoors Book:Contemporary Mind - Some Modern Answers Source: Contemporary Mind - Some Modern Answers
“Social dissipation, as witnessed in the ball-room, is the abettor of pride, the instigator of jealousy, it is the sacrificial altar of health, it is the defiler of the soul, it is the avenue of lust and it is the curse of every town in America.” SoulAmericaSocialRoomsPrideBallsTownsDancingLustCurseAvenuesAltarsDissipationInstigators Author:Thomas De Witt Talmage
“Washington was not just a city of marble buildings and smoke-filled rooms and power brokers, but also a town full of people who do care about each other, in good times and bad.” PeopleCareRoomsCitiesBuildingTownsFilledSmokeGood TimesMarbleBrokers Book:Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels
“You can get rid of the column. It's a little like staying at a hotel; you get used to the shape of the room, and then you're gone. With a novel you move into town and stay for a long time. That's both comforting and terrifying.” LittlesLongMovingUsedRoomsNovelGoneShapesLong TimeTownsHotelStayingComfortingColumns Author:Anna Quindlen
“It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it.” NightWalksRoomsWeekTownsMilesMealsTemplesSundayBottlesKrishnaCokeDepositsHaresDormsGood MealsSunday NightHare KrishnaDorm Rooms Author:Steve Jobs