Helen Westley quotes

“poverty ... is very bad for the formation of a personality. ... Not until I knew for certain where my next meal would come from could I give myself up to ignoring that next meal; I could think of other things.”
-- Helen Westley

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“now I am capable of youth, but not capable of few years - that is the pitiful thing.”
-- Helen Westley

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“The history of the world has been one not of conquest, as supposed; it has been one of ennui.”
-- Helen Westley

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“Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.”

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“Forget yourself and live for others, for It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Source : Thomas Chalmers (1848). “Select Works of Thomas Chalmers ...: Comprising His Miscellanies; Lectures on Romans; Astronomical, Commercial and Congregational Discourses”, p.153

“The science of anti-Semitism finally comes to explain this phenomenon, enlightening further the consciousness of people, fully satisfying their instinct and its violent eruptions thus legitimized by revealing their cause - the parasitism of the Jews. Thus it gives us the formula of the scientific solution for the problem of Judaism, which in order to realize we have only to apply.”

Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.

“Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics

“Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.”

“Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.”

Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.

“The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

“Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.”

Source : "L’Oreal Announces New Ambassador: Aimee Mullins". www.hollywoodnews.com. February 20, 2011.

“I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.”