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Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public...

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Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as...

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Jacques Barzun: Only a great...

Jacques Barzun: Only a great...

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry David Thoreau: Knowledge does not...

Henry David Thoreau: Knowledge does not...

Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven.

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Michel Foucault: In its function,...

Michel Foucault: In its function,...

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: A religious life...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: A religious life...

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but...

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Siegfried Sassoon: Soldiers and dreamers;...

Siegfried Sassoon: Soldiers and dreamers;...

Soldiers and dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of fire lit homes, clean beds, and...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Source: In Writers at Work,...

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Emile Zola: If I cannot...

Emile Zola: If I cannot...

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

Source:...

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Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Source: In...

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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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William Pitt the Elder: Where laws end,...

William Pitt the Elder: Where laws end,...

Where laws end, tyranny begins.

Source: Speech, House of Lords, referring to the...

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Christopher Lasch: A society that...

Christopher Lasch: A society that...

A society that has made nostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion...

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Arthur Schomburg: The modern school...

Arthur Schomburg: The modern school...

The modern school without systematic lectures turns out many graduates who lack retention. No sooner has the sound of...

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Gilbert Highet: The aim of...

Gilbert Highet: The aim of...

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one...

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Benjamin E Mays: . . ....

Benjamin E Mays: . . ....

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.

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Carl Sagan: If you wish...

Carl Sagan: If you wish...

If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

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Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries...

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