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Bette Davis: I am doomed...

Bette Davis: I am doomed...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The...

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Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in...

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Mary Pickford: Make them laugh,...

Mary Pickford: Make them laugh,...

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. . ....

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Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes...

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Benjamin Franklin: Here Skugg<br>Lies snug<br>As...

Benjamin Franklin: Here Skugg
Lies snug
As...

Here Skugg
Lies snug
As a bug
In a rug.


Source: An epitaph for a squirrel,...

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Benjamin Franklin: Be slow in...

Benjamin Franklin: Be slow in...

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Benjamin Franklin: Be at war...

Benjamin Franklin: Be at war...

Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better...

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Benjamin Franklin: Energy and persistence...

Benjamin Franklin: Energy and persistence...

Energy and persistence alter all things.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: Poverty often deprives...

Benjamin Franklin: Poverty often deprives...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand...

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Benjamin Franklin: Half a truth...

Benjamin Franklin: Half a truth...

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack.
-- Benjamin...

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Benjamin Franklin: Ambition has its...

Benjamin Franklin: Ambition has its...

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by...

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G C Lichtenberg: Affectation is a...

G C Lichtenberg: Affectation is a...

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe...

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G C Lichtenberg: First we have...

G C Lichtenberg: First we have...

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook K, aph....

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G C Lichtenberg: Delight at having...

G C Lichtenberg: Delight at having...

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it...

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G C Lichtenberg: He who says...

G C Lichtenberg: He who says...

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of...

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G C Lichtenberg: There is no...

G C Lichtenberg: There is no...

There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who...

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G C Lichtenberg: With prophecies the...

G C Lichtenberg: With prophecies the...

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

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Eddy Arnold: I'm trying to...

Eddy Arnold: I'm trying to...

I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.

Source: In The...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Democracy is good....

Jawaharlal Nehru: Democracy is good....

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Source: In NY Times,...

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J William Fulbright: I think we...

J William Fulbright: I think we...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity . . . as if there were something dangerous and...

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