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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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Happiness is a...

Happiness is a...

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

Source: In

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In art, there...

In art, there...

In art, there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts.

Source: In...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Hope says to us constantly, Go on, go on, and leads us to the grave.

Source: In...

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Theodore H White: I, alas, must...

Theodore H White: I, alas, must...

I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a...

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Hank Aaron: It took me...

Hank Aaron: It took me...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf...

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Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone is concerned, blooms freely and...

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Love at first...

Love at first...

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it...

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And then, Sir,...

And then, Sir,...

And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, Nature will rise up, and claiming her...

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Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Death has got something to be said for it:
There's no need to get out of bed for it;
Wherever you may...

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The world I...

The world I...

The world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.

Source:...

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Babe Ruth: Never let the...

Babe Ruth: Never let the...

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Source: In Words of Wisdom, by...

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Aesop: It is not...

Aesop: It is not...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Source: Fables, 'The Jay and the...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: America is a...

Alexis de Tocqueville: America is a...

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. . . ....

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Alexis de Tocqueville: In a revolution,...

Alexis de Tocqueville: In a revolution,...

In a revolution, as in a novel. the most difficult part to invent is the end.

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John Calvin: Each eye can...

John Calvin: Each eye can...

Each eye can have its vision separately; but when we are looking at anything our vision, which in itself is divided,...

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