Walter Tracy quotes

“To be married to a wife who can set type is happiness indeed.”
-- Walter Tracy

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“A great typeface is not a collection of beautiful letters, but a beautiful collection of letters.”
-- Walter Tracy

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“One thing my wife says is bad about me is that I still care too much.”

“It was, however, resolved that 'we use our private influence at present to prevent our brethren from going into court and promising to obey the law; and as soon as possible we take steps to get some flavors from the government for those who already have more wives than one.'”

“I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.”

“On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me!”

“…words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her food and drink too--and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anew….”

“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.”

“There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.”

“We allow each other to pursue our goals. I wouldn't want to be married to someone who was not happy with what they were doing with their life and Bono wouldn't either.”

Source : "Postcards from the edge" by Martin Wroe, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2002.

“I have no plans of getting married so soon”

“I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.”

Source : "Amy Pascal: An untypical leading lady who's taken Sony to the top". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2006.