#hi

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#any #anything #composer #give #influence

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#friendship #heart #in print #makes #print

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#history #pageant #philosophy

Libraries are not made, they grow. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#grow #libraries #made

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #happy #himself #least #man

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #course #five #forward #given

That great dust-heap called 'history'. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#called #great

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless. ↗

— Bette Davis

#am #apple #breeds #compulsive #devoured

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat. ↗

— Elizabeth Bishop

#hat #his #man #only #shadow

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else. ↗

— Bette Davis

#because #become #dislike #else #often