Ethel Waters, the flaming tower of dusky regality, who knows how to make a song stand on tiptoe.
Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.
I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked behind most of the early plays. But not now. There is no conviction now that the problem will be solved.
It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.
It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.