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Every composer knows...

Every composer knows...

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one has not time to write...

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Robert Louis Stevenson: I travel not...

Robert Louis Stevenson: I travel not...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to...

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Ken Kesey: You can't really...

Ken Kesey: You can't really...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Source: One Flew...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The mother eagle...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The mother eagle...

The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave...

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Che Guevara: Silence is argument...

Che Guevara: Silence is argument...

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody...

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But if he...

But if he...

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses...

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The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

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Harold S Geneen: If your desk...

Harold S Geneen: If your desk...

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

Source: In...

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Robert Louis Stevenson: Our business in...

Robert Louis Stevenson: Our business in...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

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Talent is that...

Talent is that...

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

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Robert Louis Stevenson: Keep your fears...

Robert Louis Stevenson: Keep your fears...

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Source: In The...

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Elias Canetti: Someone who always...

Elias Canetti: Someone who always...

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

Source:...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Oh, that it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought!
Then let me try with all my might
To mind what I...

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Albert Pike: Philosophy is a...

Albert Pike: Philosophy is a...

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of...

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Kingsley Amis: I want a...

Kingsley Amis: I want a...

I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with...

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Why, that dog...

Why, that dog...

Why, that dog is practically a Phi Beta Kappa. She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw -- I don't say she...

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The compromise will...

The compromise will...

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Genius is only...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Genius is only...

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Source: In Oxford Dictionary of...

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Theodore H White: With the end...

Theodore H White: With the end...

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

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S I Hayakawa: Notice the difference...

S I Hayakawa: Notice the difference...

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens...

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