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The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters. Its object is, in all cases, to maintain the authority of the master, and whether he neglects or performs his duty, to oblige the students in all cases to behave toward him as if he performed it with the greatest diligence and ability.
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Those who have nothing have only their discipline.
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A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
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Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.
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Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.
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There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.
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Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.
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He seems like a man who knows what he wants, and the problem is he wants what I want.
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The problem with the internet is that anyone can just make stuff up
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Like putting a name to my problems would solve anything
