A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.

She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.

It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or grief's that may beset us.

I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.

Not philosophy, after all, not humanity, just sheer joyous power of song, is the primal thing in poetry.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.