The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable.
Theodore ZeldinTo be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction.
Theodore ZeldinThe past is what provides us with the building blocks. Our job today is to create new buildings out of them.
Theodore Zeldin