A man who keeps a diary pays,Due toll to many tedious days;...But life becomes eventful--then,His busy hand forgets the pen.Most books, indeed, are records lessOf fulness than of emptiness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates--the inhabitants of marketing zones in the con...sumer goods society, television audiences and news magazine readerships... vote with money at the cash counter rather than with the ballot paper at the polling booth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are alr...eady taking their toll, what enervated, perverse antiquities do they not lay bare in the foundations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Working women today are trying to achieve in the work world what men have achieved all along--but men have always had the help of ...a woman at home who took care of all the other details of living! Today the working woman is also that woman at home, and without support services in the workplace and a respect for the work women do within and outside the home, the attempt to do both is taking its toll--on women, on men, and on our children.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

"Michael Henchard's Will"That Elizabeth-Jane Farfrae be not told of my death, or made to grieve on account of me...."& that I be not bury'd in consecrated ground."& that no sexton be asked to toll the bell."& that nobody is wished to see my dead body."& that no murners walk behind me at my funeral."& that no flours be planted on my grave."& that no man remember me."To this I put my name."Michael Henchard"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The flattering, if arbitrary, label, First Lady of the Theatre, takes its toll. The demands are great, not only in energy but even...tually in dramatic focus. It is difficult, if not impossible, for a star to occupy an inch of space without bursting seams, cramping everyone else's style and unbalancing a play. No matter how self-effacing a famous player may be, he makes an entrance as a casual neighbor and the audience interest shifts to the house next door.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The believing mind reaches its perihelion in the so-called Liberals. They believe in each and every quack who sets up his booth in... the fairgrounds, including the Communists. The Communists have some talents too, but they always fall short of believing in the Liberals.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »