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Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high...

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Joseph Heller: I don't believe...

Joseph Heller: I don't believe...

I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.

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Bertolt Brecht: It isn't important...

Bertolt Brecht: It isn't important...

It isn't important to come out on top. What matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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Bertolt Brecht: As regards obstacles,...

Bertolt Brecht: As regards obstacles,...

As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.

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Richard Buckminster Fuller: Most of my...

Richard Buckminster Fuller: Most of my...

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

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Thomas Henry Huxley: Irrationally held truths...

Thomas Henry Huxley: Irrationally held truths...

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Source: In Isaac...

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Jean Rostand: Prerequisite for rereadability...

Jean Rostand: Prerequisite for rereadability...

Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

Source: Carnets...

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Rachel Carson: It is a...

Rachel Carson: It is a...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as...

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Joseph Priestley: What I have...

Joseph Priestley: What I have...

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of...

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Harold S Geneen: When I come...

Harold S Geneen: When I come...

When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from...

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Peter Nivio Zarlenga: What is a...

Peter Nivio Zarlenga: What is a...

What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what...

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J Robert Oppenheimer: I am become...

J Robert Oppenheimer: I am become...

I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds.

Source: quoting a line from the...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: Evil is the...

Jean-Paul Sartre: Evil is the...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

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William Wordsworth: Neither evil tongues,<br>Rash...

William Wordsworth: Neither evil tongues,
Rash...

Neither evil tongues,
Rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish men,
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor...

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Sean O'Casey: What time has...

Sean O'Casey: What time has...

What time has been wasted during man's destiny in the struggle to decide what man's next world will be like! The...

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Federico Fellini: Realism is a...

Federico Fellini: Realism is a...

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the...

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Federico Fellini: What is an...

Federico Fellini: What is an...

What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one. It's...

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Jean-Luc Godard: Cinema is the...

Jean-Luc Godard: Cinema is the...

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Steven Wright: What's another word...

Steven Wright: What's another word...

What's another word for Thesaurus?

Source: commedian
-- Steven Wright, (Dec 6...

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