“Whosoever is out of patience is out of possession of his mind, body and soul.”

Sir Francis Bacon, quoted in the “Federalist Patriot” No. 04-34 25 August 2004 from federalist.com

“Every activity has its own specific goal. Pleasure very probably ensues in most cases when this goal is reached, but that is a different matter.”

I.A. Richards Principles of Literary Criticism

“Marvellous, old cock! I never realized Malvolio could be played as a bore.”

“what Lawrence Olivier once wickedly said to Alec Guinness” according to Tom Carson in The Atlantic Monthly September 2004

“How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that happens in life.”

Marcus Aurelius Meditations

“For they [John Smith’s audience] did believe in the spirit of the devil which, as everyone knows, is in all of us.”

Walter Lippman The Public Philosophy

“‘In any look toward 2050, you have the problem of trying to calculate how many babies those who are currently unborn are going to be having. You can’t do that.’”

Nicholas Eberstadt, quoted in “The Population Dud,” The Catholic World Report, May, 2002 according to Gilbert! Magazine Vol. 5 #8 (July/August 2002)

“In another illustration of dwarfed ambition, Whitby bills itself as ‘Durham’s Business Centre.’”

Christie Blatchford in National Post November 25, 2000

“Ain’t no sense worryin’ about things you got no control over ‘cause, if you ain’t got no control over ‘em, ain’t no sense worryin’. And it ain’t no sense worryin’ about things you got control over ‘cause, if you got control over ‘em, ain’t no sense worryin’.”

U.S. baseball player Mickey Rivers, quoted in The Write File Quarterly Issue #5, Summer 1995