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“A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.”
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“When a friend, then, indulges in the joy unburdening a secret on to another friend's bosom, he makes the latter, in his turn, feel the urge to taste the same joy himself.”
Source : Alessandro Manzoni (1962). “The Betrothed, "I Promessi Sposi": A Tale of XVII Century Milan”
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“A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.”
Source : Abba Solomon Eban (1999). “Diplomacy for the Next Century”, p.88, Yale University Press
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“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”
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“The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders.”
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“Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance”
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“Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.”
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“Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise.”
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“IBM Plus Reality Plus Humanism=Sociology”
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“Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.”
