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Graham Henry Greene: God. . ....

Graham Henry Greene: God. . ....

God. . . created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed -- that is the meaning of...

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Milan Kundera: No great movement...

Milan Kundera: No great movement...

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes...

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Robert Frost: Just specimens is...

Robert Frost: Just specimens is...

Just specimens is all New Hampshire has,
One each of everything as in a show-case
Which naturally she doesn't...

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Robert Frost: The first thing...

Robert Frost: The first thing...

The first thing I do in the morning is to make my bed and while I am making up my bed I am making up my mind as to...

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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone...

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Ogden Nash: Marriage is the...

Ogden Nash: Marriage is the...

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets...

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Ogden Nash: I have a...

Ogden Nash: I have a...

I have a bone to pick with Fate
Come here and tell me, girlie,
Do you think my mind is maturing late,
Or...

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Ogden Nash: You scour the...

Ogden Nash: You scour the...

You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
From river to river you comb...

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Ogden Nash: Your hair may...

Ogden Nash: Your hair may...

Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's
untidy,
You've had about seven hours' sleep since Friday,
No...

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Ogden Nash: The turtle lives...

Ogden Nash: The turtle lives...

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of the turtle
In...

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Thornton Wilder: Hope, like faith,...

Thornton Wilder: Hope, like faith,...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not...

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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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William Wordsworth: Not without hope...

William Wordsworth: Not without hope...

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Source: Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a...

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William Wordsworth: Not choice<br>But habit...

William Wordsworth: Not choice
But habit...

Not choice
But habit rules the unreflective herd.


Source: Grant That by This...

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William Wordsworth: The ocean is...

William Wordsworth: The ocean is...

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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William Wordsworth: And O, ye...

William Wordsworth: And O, ye...

And O, ye fountains, meadows, hills and groves,
Forebode not any severing of our loves!
Yet in my heart of...

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William Wordsworth: There was a...

William Wordsworth: There was a...

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparelled...

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William Wordsworth: I'd rather be<br>A...

William Wordsworth: I'd rather be
A...

I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimses...

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George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Source: In The...

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Emily Dickinson: Pain - has...

Emily Dickinson: Pain - has...

Pain - has an Element of Blank -
It cannot recollect
When it begun - or if there were
A time when it was not...

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