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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are...

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Tommy Lasorda: Managing is like...

Tommy Lasorda: Managing is like...

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies...

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If you make...

If you make...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise...

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Vincent Van Gogh: Do not quench...

Vincent Van Gogh: Do not quench...

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your...

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Would that there...

Would that there...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful...

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Euripides: Slight not what...

Euripides: Slight not what...

Slight not what is near, while aiming at what is far.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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John Wanamaker: [A]ny seeming deception...

John Wanamaker: [A]ny seeming deception...

[A]ny seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental...

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Charles H Spurgeon: The anvil is...

Charles H Spurgeon: The anvil is...

The anvil is not afraid of the hammer.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. . . . We will go...

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I always wear...

I always wear...

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

Source: In...

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Obstinacy is ever...

Obstinacy is ever...

Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.

Source: In The Last...

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Jean Toomer: We start with...

Jean Toomer: We start with...

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.

Source: Definitions and...

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Martin Luther: The fewer the...

Martin Luther: The fewer the...

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

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Poetry is a...

Poetry is a...

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few...

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Jeanne-Marie Roland: A fondness for...

Jeanne-Marie Roland: A fondness for...

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in...

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A E Housman: When I was...

A E Housman: When I was...

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
`Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart...

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We are no...

We are no...

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force...

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Ted Williams: When I first...

Ted Williams: When I first...

When I first looked at Yaz [Carl Yastrezemski] as a rooker, it was obvious that he had so much talent that I told him...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Source: In...

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