But the simple life, alas, once you try to lead it, leads you into all this complication!"
--John Seymour, The Fat of the Land, 1960.
"The man, who, by his own and his family's labour, can provide a sufficiency of food and raiment and a comfortable dwelling place, is not a poor man."
--William Cobbett, Cottage Economy, 1826.
"Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness." -- Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1787.
"I find television very educating. Every time someone turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." --Groucho Marx.
"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." --Cary Grant, Arsenic and Old Lace.