Machines have no political opinions, but they have profound political effects. They demand a strict regimentation of time, and, by abolishing the need for manual skill, have transformed the majority of the population from workers into laborers. There are, that is to say, fewer and fewer jobs which a man can find a pride and satisfaction in doing well, more and more which have no interest in themselves and can be valued only for the money they provide.
W. H. AudenThe definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.
W. H. AudenYou must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference in beauty or desire.
W. H. Auden