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Francis Bacon: A wise man...

Francis Bacon: A wise man...

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Source: Essays: of...

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Laughter, while it...

Laughter, while it...

Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and...

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The real questions...

The real questions...

The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make...

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Anthropology has always...

Anthropology has always...

Anthropology has always struggled with an intense, fascinated repulsion towards its subject. . . . [The...

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God forbid that...

God forbid that...

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

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She [mama] an...

She [mama] an...

She [mama] an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be used and how they can...

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The real 1960s...

The real 1960s...

The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963 ... It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some...

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Hell is paved...

Hell is paved...

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Source: From a collection of quotations found...

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Always mistrust a...

Always mistrust a...

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

Source: In...

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Deconstruction. . ....

Deconstruction. . ....

Deconstruction. . . insists not that truth is illusory but that it is institutional.

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Though a plane...

Though a plane...

Though a plane is not the ideal place really to think, to reassess or reevaluate things, it is a great place to have...

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Ballet's image of...

Ballet's image of...

Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and...

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Good taste is...

Good taste is...

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or...

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Susan B Anthony: [S]o long as...

Susan B Anthony: [S]o long as...

[S]o long as society says a woman is incompetent to be a lawyer, minister or doctor, but has ample ability to be a...

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Harriet Martineau: Laws and customs...

Harriet Martineau: Laws and customs...

Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and...

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Sparky Anderson: You're gonna lose...

Sparky Anderson: You're gonna lose...

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about...

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Mickey Mantle: After I hit...

Mickey Mantle: After I hit...

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad...

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Red Auerbach: The best way...

Red Auerbach: The best way...

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

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John McEnroe: This [defeat] has...

John McEnroe: This [defeat] has...

This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.

Source: In The...

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Anna Kournikova: I think that...

Anna Kournikova: I think that...

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

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