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Pearl Buck: Because psychologists have...

Pearl Buck: Because psychologists have...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way the human creature...

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Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam today.

Source: The...

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E L Doctorow: We dress them...

E L Doctorow: We dress them...

We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last...

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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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James B Conant: Democracy is a...

James B Conant: Democracy is a...

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual...

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Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back -- to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them --...

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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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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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James McNeill Whistler: To say to...

James McNeill Whistler: To say to...

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the...

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Jackson Pollock: When I say...

Jackson Pollock: When I say...

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things -- creating molding the earth -- whether it be the plains of...

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Davy Crockett: Remember that a...

Davy Crockett: Remember that a...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you...

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Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its...

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Charles Darwin: The very essence...

Charles Darwin: The very essence...

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Source:...

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Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in...

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Addison Mizner: Misery loves company,...

Addison Mizner: Misery loves company,...

Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.

Source: In Webster's...

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Walter Gropius: Architects, painters, and...

Walter Gropius: Architects, painters, and...

Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both...

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John Burroughs: Some men are...

John Burroughs: Some men are...

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at...

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Amelia Earhart: I want to...

Amelia Earhart: I want to...

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of...

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Amelia Earhart: Obviously I faced...

Amelia Earhart: Obviously I faced...

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: It is because...

Thomas Henry Huxley: It is because...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing...

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