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Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing...

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Zig Ziglar: People don't buy...

Zig Ziglar: People don't buy...

People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.

Source: In...

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How could they...

How could they...

How could they tell?

Source: On being told of the death of former President Calvin...

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In the middle...

In the middle...

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of...

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Zig Ziglar: Efficiency is doing...

Zig Ziglar: Efficiency is doing...

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

Source:...

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Arthur Miller: The world is...

Arthur Miller: The world is...

The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress.

Source: In The...

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Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

I am worn to a raveling.

Source: The Tailor of Gloucester, 1901.
-- Beatrix...

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My mother was...

My mother was...

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and...

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Margaret Mead: I must admit...

Margaret Mead: I must admit...

I must admit I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human...

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If you do...

If you do...

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they only print your...

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Zig Ziglar: The way you...

Zig Ziglar: The way you...

The way you see people is the way you treat them.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Edmond Rostand: My pessimism goes...

Edmond Rostand: My pessimism goes...

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

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Harry A Blackmun: Who is to...

Harry A Blackmun: Who is to...

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are...

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Memory seldom fails...

Memory seldom fails...

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

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Harry A Blackmun: We're all eccentrics....

Harry A Blackmun: We're all eccentrics....

We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas.

Source: In Time, 6 Feb 1984.
--...

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William Congreve: Tis well enough...

William Congreve: Tis well enough...

Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a...

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Noam Chomsky: Colourless green ideas...

Noam Chomsky: Colourless green ideas...

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

Source: Used by Chomsky to demonstrate that...

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Joseph Heller: He had decided...

Joseph Heller: He had decided...

He had decided to live for ever or die in the attempt.

Source: Catch-22, ch. 3...

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George Washington Carver: More and more...

George Washington Carver: More and more...

More and more as we come closer and closer in touch with nature and its teachings are we able to see the Divine and...

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Salvador Dali: The first man...

Salvador Dali: The first man...

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was...

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