Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone.
--
"Xingu" (1911), from Xingu and Other Stories (1916)Edith Wharton
» Edith Wharton - all quotes »
"Teaching," wrote Alain, "must be determinedly slow in pace." This phrase is full of meaning for some modern educators with a dangerous tendency towards neglecting the ancient culture of the race, a necessary foundation for all education, and towards stressing recent doctrines and happenings. Information is not culture, and young men need culture much more than they need information.
Andre Maurois
I managed to win Battle Of The Bands with one mandolin player! It was me and eleven goth bands and I won.
KT Tunstall
Tim Vincent: "I get to meet some very, very beautiful ladies through my job. Madonna is very sexy and she really flirted with me, which was amazing."
Madonna Ciccone
Tim Vincent: "I get to meet some very, very beautiful ladies through my job. Madonna is very sexy and she really flirted with me, which was amazing."
Madonna
I was smart enough to know it would probably make me a salable item for the paparazzi. I knew I’d have to move to a home that had a gate. But that pearl of possibility that lives in your heart when you meet somebody you want to know more about has such a different molecular density than everything else that you have to pursue it.
John Mayer
Wharton, Edith
Whately, Richard
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z