Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Dear Mark Steyn: I Love "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) and Hate "High Society (1956)"

Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey in 'The Philadelphia Story'
MGM took one of its best, most sophisticated movies (originally a great Broadway Play by Phillip Barry, who also wrote "Holiday") and turned it into a second class musical.
Don't get me wrong, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Cole Porter were great in other places, but not paired with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Celeste Holme. Their chemistry together was a fizzle. The songs were not up to Cole Porter's standard (even the music in "The Philadelphia Story" was better), Bing boo-booed through his part, Sinatra just crooned, and the coolness of Grace Kelly turned icy. "High Society" was a low follow-up to "The Philadelphia Story." m/r

High Society: A SteynOnline Audio Special :: SteynOnline




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