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Category Archive: September 7

Edith Sitwell Quote: “Good taste is the worst vice…”

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

April 21, 2019 1887, British, Edith Sitwell, Quotes by Poets, September 7

Jimmy Reid Quote: “From the Olympian heights of an…”

From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise profits, the overwhelming tendency must be to see people as units of production, as indices in your accountants’ books.

March 20, 2019 1932, Jimmy Reid, Quotes by Activists, Scottish, September 7

Edith Sitwell Quote: “I wish the government would put…”

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

February 14, 2019 1887, British, Edith Sitwell, Quotes by Poets, September 7

Edith Sitwell Quote: “The poet speaks to all men…”

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

January 21, 2019 1887, British, Edith Sitwell, Quotes by Poets, September 7

Edith Sitwell Quote: “I am an unpopular electric eel…”

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.

November 25, 2018 1887, British, Edith Sitwell, Quotes by Poets, September 7

Sunil Gangopadhyay Quote: “One can tell or do whatever…”

One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do that.

November 13, 2018 1934, Indian, Quotes by Poets, September 7, Sunil Gangopadhyay

Edith Sitwell Quote: “The trouble with most Englishwomen is…”

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.

November 4, 2018 1887, British, Edith Sitwell, Quotes by Poets, September 7

Edith Sitwell Quote: “I have often wished I had…”

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… but I am too busy thinking about myself.

October 13, 2018 1887, British, Edith Sitwell, Quotes by Poets, September 7

Jimmy Reid Quote: “A rat race is for rats….”

A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement.

October 4, 2018 1932, Jimmy Reid, Quotes by Activists, Scottish, September 7

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