Rebecca West
“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.”
“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.”
“Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.”
“A good beginning makes a good end.”
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
“When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web…. Now even my cat has its own page.”
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
“The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.”
“Tradition is what you resort to when you don’t have the time or the money to do it right.”
“Who covets more is evermore a slave.”