A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. What he quotes, he ...fills with his own voice and humour, and the whole cyclopedia of his table-talk is presently believed to be his own.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hea...r, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation bet...ween two people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pa...ir off, someone is bound to be left in tears.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social intercourse. There are three cardinal ru...les--don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'm always amazed at the American practice of allowing one party to a homosexual act to remain passive--it's so undemocratic. Sex ...must be mutual.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »