A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung... →
Alexander Pope
My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my... →
Gail Porter
They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was... →
Katherine Anne Porter
Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited... →
Natalie Portman
Glamour invites us to live in a different world. It has to simultaneously be mysterious, a little bit distant - that's why, often in these... →
Virginia Postrel
The innovative process is a fragile one, dependent on a complex, often messy interplay of imagination, competition, and exchange. Curbing new ideas... →
Clothing creates the illusion that bodies fit an aesthetically pleasing norm. And that illusion depends on getting the fit right. Garments that... →
Scientists appear most often in horror movies. Through childlike curiosity or God-defying hubris, they unleash destructive forces they can't... →
Although people often equate them, glamour is not the same as beauty, stylishness, luxury, celebrity, or sex appeal. It is not limited to fashion or... →
The goal of socialism is a fairer allocation of economic resources, which its advocates often claim will also be a less wasteful one. Socialism is... →