Into Motivation

Quotes by Sir John Betjeman "Phone for the fish-knives, Norman, As Cook is a little unnerved; You kiddies have crumpled the servietttes, And I must have things daintily served". Quotes by Thomas Becon "For when the wine is in, the wit is out". Quotes by Pierre-Augustin "Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals". Quotes by James Beard "A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch". Quotes ... Read More

Quotes by Francis Bacon "The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship". Quotes by Aristotle "The perfect friendship is that between good men, alike in their virtue. When men are friends there is no need of justice between them, but though they be just they still need friendship. Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. We should wish to behave to our friends as we ... Read More

Quotes by Russell Wayne Baker "The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb". Quotes by Francis Bacon "It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral". Quotes by Clement Richard Attlee "Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking". Quotes by Aristotle "A democracy is a government ... Read More

Quotes by Stanley Baldwin "A platitude  is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it". Quotes by Walter Bagehot "He believes, with all his heart and soul and strength, that there is such a thing as truth; he has the soul of a martyr and the intellect of an advocate". Quotes by Francis Bacon "What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer". Quotes by Matthew Arnold "Truth sits upon the lips of dying men". Quotes by Aristotle "Plato is dear to me, but ... Read More

Quotes by Tallulah Bankhead "Here's a rule I recommend. Never practise two vices at once". Quotes by Hannah Arendt "What makes it plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core". Quotes by Anonymous "What you do when you ... Read More

Quotes by Ludwig van Beethoven "Nature has an etiquette all her own". Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher "Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into". Quotes by Walter Bagehot "Taken as a whole, the universe is absurd". Quotes by Francis Bacon "God Almighty first planned a garden; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Nature cannot be ordered about, except by obeying her". Quotes by St Augustine "All nature is good". Quotes by Apollonius of Tyana "God made the beauties of nature like ... Read More

Quotes by The Bible "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. It is an honour for a man to cease from stife: but every fool will be meddling. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. He that  sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. The heart of the ... Read More