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James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

The Americans . . . are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The press, like...

James Fenimore Cooper: The press, like...

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Source: The...

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Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes...

Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes...

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

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Edward Dahlberg: One of the...

Edward Dahlberg: One of the...

One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a...

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Edward Dahlberg: Every decision you...

Edward Dahlberg: Every decision you...

Every decision you make is a mistake.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Edward Dahlberg: Ambition is a...

Edward Dahlberg: Ambition is a...

Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is...

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Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time...

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Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although. . . he may be permitted to be an...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

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Erich Segal: Love means never...

Erich Segal: Love means never...

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

Source: Love Story, 1970.
-- Erich...

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Marcus Cato: I prefer to...

Marcus Cato: I prefer to...

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

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Patrick Henry: It is natural...

Patrick Henry: It is natural...

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth, and...

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Edward Everett: Are you complete...

Edward Everett: Are you complete...

Are you complete in yourself? [The root] answers, No, my life is in the trunk and the branches and the leaves. Keep...

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Edmund Burke: Flattery corrupts both...

Edmund Burke: Flattery corrupts both...

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Source: Reflections on the...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: As fire when...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: As fire when...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: A man of...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: A man of...

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: If the truth...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: If the truth...

If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

Source: De...

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Nancy Astor: I used to...

Nancy Astor: I used to...

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that...

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Jeane Kirkpatrick: History is a...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: History is a...

History is a better guide than good intentions.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Robert G Ingersoll: Courage without conscience...

Robert G Ingersoll: Courage without conscience...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Source: Speech, 29 May 1882, New York...

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