The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.
- Louis Vermeil

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
- Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)

One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
- Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
- William Dement, in Newsweek, 1959

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.
- Gilda Radner (1946 - 1989)