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Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

[I] prefer the large intention of an unskillful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other...

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Louis Aragon: I demand that...

Louis Aragon: I demand that...

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of...

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Geoffrey Chaucer: The gretteste clerkes...

Geoffrey Chaucer: The gretteste clerkes...

The gretteste clerkes been noght the wysest men.

Source: Canterbury Tales, 'The...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Said a Rooster, I'd have you all know
I am nearly the whole of the show;
Why, the Sun every morn
Gets up with...

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Oscar Wilde: It is what...

Oscar Wilde: It is what...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help...

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Bill Anderson: In Nashville, as...

Bill Anderson: In Nashville, as...

In Nashville, as in every other city, there's no substitute for hard work.

Source:...

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Bill Anderson: Long before I...

Bill Anderson: Long before I...

Long before I was a star, I was a fan.

Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom,...

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Garth Brooks: True country music...

Garth Brooks: True country music...

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

Source: In The...

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Johnny Carson: There was this...

Johnny Carson: There was this...

There was this billy goat at a movie studio who found and ate a can of film. When a nanny asked him how he liked it,...

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Henry Lewis Stimson: Honor begets honor;...

Henry Lewis Stimson: Honor begets honor;...

Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith, and hope is the mainspring of...

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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Jefferson Davis: Neither current events...

Jefferson Davis: Neither current events...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

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Alfred E Smith: Be simple in...

Alfred E Smith: Be simple in...

Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him...

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Adam Clayton Powell: Mix a conviction...

Adam Clayton Powell: Mix a conviction...

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Calvin Coolidge: Nothing is the...

Calvin Coolidge: Nothing is the...

Nothing is the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; . . . Genius will not; . . . Education will...

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James Madison: It will be...

James Madison: It will be...

It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so...

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Abraham Lincoln: Whenever I hear...

Abraham Lincoln: Whenever I hear...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him...

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Louis XIV: There is little...

Louis XIV: There is little...

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Source: In The...

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Ninon de Lenclos: We should take...

Ninon de Lenclos: We should take...

We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by...

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George Bernard Shaw: If Pygmalion, is...

George Bernard Shaw: If Pygmalion, is...

If Pygmalion, is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether...

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