“Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.” WritingWellsTwoPiecesWifeWoundsMagazinesTeenagerTwo ThingsFluffyBeing A Teenager Author:Ann Patchett
“Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about.” FirstsWellsTwoTermTwo ThingsQuarrelsContending Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Well, we're grasping for two things at once. Partly for communion with others - that's the deepest instinct in us. And partly, we're seeking security. By constant communion with others we hope we shall be able to accept the horrible fact of our total solitude.” WellsTwoFactsAbleAcceptingSecuritySolitudeConstantInstinctSeekingHorribleTwo ThingsCommunionGrasping Author:Ingmar Bergman
“There are two things that have to happen before an idea catches on. One is that the idea should be good. The other is that it should fit in with the temper of the age. If it does not, even a good idea may well be passed by.” IfsShouldWellsMayDoeTwoIdeasHappensAgeFitBe GoodTwo ThingsTemperGood Ideas Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“We had no religion at all, but we were Jews in New Hampshire, and my sister - who is now a rabbi - said it best: We were, like, the only Jews in Bedford, New Hampshire, as well as the only Democrats, so we just kind of associated those two things together. My dad raised us to believe that paying taxes is an honor.” BelieveWellsKindSaidTwoTogetherDadHonorTaxesDemocratRaisedMy DadJewTwo ThingsMy SisterRabbiHampshireNew HampshirePaying Taxes Author:Roseanne Barr