#w

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#into #like #teeth #writers

Everyone knows that part of the spirit descends to the afterworld, while part of it remains with the family, but we have a special belief about the spirit of a young woman who has died before her marriage that goes contrary to this. She comes back to prey upon other unmarried girls--not to scare them but to take them to the afterworld with her so she might have company. ↗

— Lisa See

#women #death

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#honor #long #prevails #sinks #where

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#imaginations #men #often #ruled #said

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#bell #difficult #dinner #make #out

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#campaign #despotism #during #indispensable #long

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#best #casts #causes #certain #greatest

For a time that you couldn't get a gig if you didn't look a certain way. ↗

— Chris Bailey

#certain way #get #gig #look #time

I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at. ↗

— Chris Bailey

#any #associated #band #been #best

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. ↗

— David Bailey

#cared #fashion #i #liked #little