Mainly Minis Quotes

#1. I grew up in the city. Both my mother and father were factory workers, and I loved the life in the 'metro.' Everybody saw me as a very urban guy. And I was.

Per Petterson

#2. An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#3. Uncomplicated joy and sorrow is not matter for philosophy, but rather for the simpler kinds of poetry and music.

Bertrand Russell

#4. There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal ...

Jane Austen

#5. The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent and servile either on persons, or opinions, or possessions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#6. Everyone has access to a pen and paper, but to be a great writer is difficult.

Pamela Yates

#7. If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.

Groucho Marx

#8. When words & manners leave you no space for yourself
make
very personal
very clear
& your obstructions will join you or disappear.

Ntozake Shange