#dl

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#commit #etiquette #go #inclines #into

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#anything #assuredly #cannot #democracy #government

I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?' ↗

— Candy Crowley

#commercials #i #look #middle #really

You know, you cut taxes for the rich sometimes and it sits in a bank account. You cut taxes for the middle class, they will spend the money. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#bank #bank account #class #cut #know

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night. ↗

— John Philpot Curran

#am #badly #been #coughing #dear

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#addiction #board #center #columbia #columbia university

So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#daughter #does #door #friend #friendly

Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

#decisive #earth #effect #had #marine

I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that's great wealth. ↗

— Matt Damon

#did #great #grow #grow up #i

I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know. ↗

— Claire Danes

#any #badly #case #club #flat