#now

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. ↗

— David Letterman

#because #behavior #believe #courage #courageous

We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#agony #appears #been #convulsion #different

To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#certainly #concerned #delightful #entertaining #even

All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

#am #core #every #every time #go

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics. ↗

— Quintus Ennius

#down #english #friend #i #i am

Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich? ↗

— Jay Livingston

#children #handsome #i #mother #my own

I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#back #coming #enormous #glad #going

What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older. ↗

— Russell Banks

#audience #finding #get #getting #good

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#find #form #mess #now #task

You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#apply #because #better #get #having