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Friedman, Milton. "The Suicidal Impulse of the Business Community." Hoover Pacific Coast Seminar Dinner. 25 Oct. 1983, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Directed by Jim Sharman, Michael White Productions, 1975.

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Wodehouse, P. G. "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest." Carry On, Jeeves. Herbert Jenkins, 1925. Originally published in Saturday Evening Post, 9 Dec. 1916.

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James VI, King and James I, King. A Counterblast to Tobacco. London: Robert Barker, 1604.

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Bukowski, Charles. Interviewed by Elisa Leonelli. 1981.

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25th Hour. Directed by Spike Lee. Touchstone Pictures/25th Hour Productions/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/Gamut Films/Industry Entertainment, 2002.

I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need.

Jim Dine

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Dine, Jim. "Lone Wolf: An Interview with Jim Dine." Interviewed by Ilka Scobie. Artnet, 28 June 2010.

Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence.

Brooks Stevens

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Stevens, Brooks. Quoted in The Waste Makers, by Vance Packard. Simon & Schuster, 1960, ch. 6.

Diplomacy is to do and say
The nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Isaac Goldberg

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Goldberg, Isaac. The Reflex. Oct. 1927.

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Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. University of Chicago Press, 1962, ch. 1.

Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend,
What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend?

Nicholas Grimald

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Grimald, Nicholas. Of Friendship. c. 1557.

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Catt, Carrie Chapman. "Why We Ask for the Submission of an Amendment." U.S. Senate Committee meeting. 13 Feb. 1900, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Chesterton, G.K. "The Club of Queer Trades." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Ignatius Press, 1991. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1905.

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Bagehot, Walter. "The Cabinet." The English Constitution. London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Originally published in The Fortnightly Review, 15 May 1865 - 1 Jan. 1867.

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Bailey, Philip James. Festus. London: William Pickering, 1839.

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

John Howard Payne

Home, Sweet Home

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Payne, John Howard. "Home, Sweet Home." Clari, or the Maid of Milan. Composed by Henry Bishop. 1823, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, England, UK.

After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.

A.S.W. Rosenbach

A Book Hunter's Holiday

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Rosenbach, A. S. W. A Book Hunter's Holiday. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936.

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

Christabel Pankhurst

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Pankhurst, Christabel. Unshackled: The Story of how We Won the Vote. Hutchinson, 1959, ch. 5.

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Wodehouse, P. G. The Adventures of Sally. Herbert Jenkins, 1922. Originally published in Collier's Magazine, 8 Oct. 1921-31 Dec. 1921.