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Hannah Arendt: The point, as...

Hannah Arendt: The point, as...

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

Source: Crises of the...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: I cannot help...

Alexis de Tocqueville: I cannot help...

I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Our ideals are...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Our ideals are...

Our ideals are our better selves.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

'Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

Source: The Country of...

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George Borrow: It has been...

George Borrow: It has been...

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt...

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George Borrow: Youth will be...

George Borrow: Youth will be...

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.

Source:...

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George Steiner: Words that are...

George Steiner: Words that are...

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Source:...

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Edith Hamilton: To be able...

Edith Hamilton: To be able...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

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Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our...

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Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

They never die, who have the future in them.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Stonewall Jackson: Let us cross...

Stonewall Jackson: Let us cross...

Let us cross over the river and rest in the shade.

Source: His last words before...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Appear at places...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Appear at places...

Appear at places which the enemy must hasten to defend, march swiftly to places where you are not...

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James Agee: Understanding, and action...

James Agee: Understanding, and action...

Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's...

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Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a silence in the heart.

Source: A Cedar Box.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2...

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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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Margaret Atwood: The beginning of...

Margaret Atwood: The beginning of...

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not Am I really that oppressed? but Am I really that...

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Robert Penn Warren: The poem ....

Robert Penn Warren: The poem ....

The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing...

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Kingsley Amis: A dusty thudding...

Kingsley Amis: A dusty thudding...

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some...

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