Quotes Du Jour

�Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. It is a strange part of the other America that one finds in the intellectual slums.�
- Michael Harrington (1928 � 1989), American social scientist and author: �The Other America�, 1962.

�Ordinary people may not understand the meaning of democracy, but they�ve a passionate regard for fair play.�
- Robert Maxwell (1923 � 1991), British tycoon: quoted in �Maxwell� by Joe Haines, 1988.

�There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.�
- Prince Andrew (b. 1960), Duke of York: in �The Daily Telegraph� (London), October 7, 1988.


March 4, 2003

�The price of justice is eternal publicity.�
- Arnold Bennett (1867 � 1931), English writer, dramatist and journalist: �Things That Have Interested Me�

�Then I shall remind you of the old verdict: the person under suspicion is better to be moving than at rest, for at rest one can, without knowing it, be in the balance being weighed together with one�s sins.�
- Franz Kafka (1883 � 1924), Czech-born German-speaking writer: �The Trial�, 1914.

�Never having been able to succeed in the world, he took his revenge by speaking ill of it.�
- Voltaire (1694 � 1778), French philosopher, dramatist, poet, historian, writer and critic: �Zadig, or Fate�, 1747.