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- In the mirrorlike relationship between wine and human beings, Zinfandel owned more reflective properties than any other grape; in its infinite mutability, it was capable of expressing almost any philosophical position or psychological function. As a result, its own "true" nature might never be known.
- David Darlington, from his novel Angels Visits: An Inquiry into the Mystery of Zinfandel
- What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
- Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
- Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
- Thomas Szasz
- Even holligans marry, though they know that marriage is but for a little while. It is alimony that is forever.
- Quentin Crisp
- People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That's what's wrong with it.
- Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
- The future is much like the present, only longer.
- Don Quisenberry
- It's a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.
- Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972)
- Do it big or stay in bed.
- Opera producer Larry Kelly
- Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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