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A man seldom...

A man seldom...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

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A decent provision...

A decent provision...

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

Source: In...

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William Shakespeare: How use doth...

William Shakespeare: How use doth...

How use doth breed a habit in a man!

Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, V. iv....

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Stanislaw Lec: David should have...

Stanislaw Lec: David should have...

David should have killed Goliath with a harp.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and Quotes by...

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Stanislaw Lec: Impartiality is not...

Stanislaw Lec: Impartiality is not...

Impartiality is not neutrality -- it is partiality for justice.

Source: Unkempt...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: If you bungle...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: If you bungle...

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very...

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Henry McNeal Turner: The seeds of...

Henry McNeal Turner: The seeds of...

The seeds of freedom . . . have now been scattered where despotism and tyranny ranked and ruled, will be watered by...

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George V: My father was...

George V: My father was...

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father, and I'm damned well going to make sure that my...

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Harold Macmillan: Jaw-jaw is better...

Harold Macmillan: Jaw-jaw is better...

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

Source: Speech, 30 Jan. 1958, Canberra,...

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Denis Healey: The difference between...

Denis Healey: The difference between...

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

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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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Davy Crockett: Fame is like...

Davy Crockett: Fame is like...

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some...

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Edward Teller: My experience has...

Edward Teller: My experience has...

My experience has been in a short 77 years . . . that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good...

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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Benjamin Banneker: The colour of...

Benjamin Banneker: The colour of...

The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual...

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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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Lewis Thomas: Sometimes you get...

Lewis Thomas: Sometimes you get...

Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path...

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Humphrey Davy: The most important...

Humphrey Davy: The most important...

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

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Marie Curie: I have no...

Marie Curie: I have no...

I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be...

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Ernst Fischer: As machines become...

Ernst Fischer: As machines become...

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of...

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