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Lewis Carroll: Now here, you...

Lewis Carroll: Now here, you...

Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else,...

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Anthony Trollope: Success is the...

Anthony Trollope: Success is the...

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes...

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Anatole France: If fifty million...

Anatole France: If fifty million...

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Source:...

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with...

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Philip Guedalla: Biography, like big...

Philip Guedalla: Biography, like big...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is [as] unfair as only sport can...

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Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

[T]hose who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world...

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William Hastie: Strategic planning for...

William Hastie: Strategic planning for...

Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung...

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Byron R White: We're the only...

Byron R White: We're the only...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a...

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Benjamin L Hooks: Some [Blacks] lack...

Benjamin L Hooks: Some [Blacks] lack...

Some [Blacks] lack a real grasp of the bitter struggle that was waged to pry open the corporate doors. The buppies...

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Orison Swett Marden: All who have...

Orison Swett Marden: All who have...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which...

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Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the...

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Charles Montesquieu: A good writer...

Charles Montesquieu: A good writer...

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

Source: In Wisdom...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people...

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Chuck Yeager: You do what...

Chuck Yeager: You do what...

You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but...

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Karl von Clausewitz: In war the...

Karl von Clausewitz: In war the...

In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.

Source: In The Harper...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is nothing...

Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is nothing...

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E....

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Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I...

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