10 quotable quotes

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.  Oscar Wilde

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.  Winston Churchill

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.  Mahatma Gandhi   

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.  Russell Lynes

And what is the use of a book...without pictures or conversation?  Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
 
Pay no attention to what the critics say. There was never put up a statue to a critic.  Jean Sibelius

I got nasty habits. I take tea at three.  Mick Jagger

Exit, pursued by a bear.  Stage direction, A Winter's Tale, Act III Scene 3, William Shakespeare

There is no need to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist.
But seeeing what the man will do unbrib'd, there's no occasion to.
Humbert Wolfe

A foolish man would have swallowed it.  Dr Johnson, after spittting out a hot potato.

Judgment by Shoes

Say hello and in one second look down at shoes and back up.  Judgment made.

If your shoes are high you pass.  Extra points for expensive, mad, painful and red.  Walking boots with mud on and trainers: dismissal.

Obviously if I had narrow pointy feet and didn't have a muddy dog and enjoyed pain or had a shoe fetish I'd join in; but as it is I look at eyes, the whole person and eyes again.  Not that I'm deep or anything - I just like other things.  As Oscar said, only the shallow don't judge by appearances.