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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: [W]e need to...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: [W]e need to...

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that...

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Nearly every glamorous,...

Nearly every glamorous,...

Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of...

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J B Priestley: I'm in the...

J B Priestley: I'm in the...

I'm in the business of providing people with secondary satisfactions. It wouldn't have done me much good if they had...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: We need education...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: We need education...

We need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

Source: In...

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Joseph Heller: When I grow...

Joseph Heller: When I grow...

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Source: Something Happened.
-- Joseph...

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J B Priestley: Many a man...

J B Priestley: Many a man...

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of...

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Edward Gibbon: The style of...

Edward Gibbon: The style of...

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of...

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There are two...

There are two...

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what...

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Edward Gibbon: We improve ourselves...

Edward Gibbon: We improve ourselves...

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and we must win.

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Plato: Courage is a...

Plato: Courage is a...

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what...

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Tom Landry: I've learned that...

Tom Landry: I've learned that...

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Source: In The...

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Euripides: Do we, holding...

Euripides: Do we, holding...

Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance...

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John Buchan: An atheist is...

John Buchan: An atheist is...

An atheist is a man without any invisible means of support.

Source: In Draper's...

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A child cannot...

A child cannot...

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be...

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Soren Kierkegaard: During the first...

Soren Kierkegaard: During the first...

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

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William Morris: Have nothing in...

William Morris: Have nothing in...

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

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Ronald Reagan: Someplace along the...

Ronald Reagan: Someplace along the...

Someplace along the line the audience discovered you. In my case it was playing the...

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Women have invented...

Women have invented...

Women have invented nothing in all that, except the men who were born as male babies and grew up to be men big enough...

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A P Herbert: The Englishman never...

A P Herbert: The Englishman never...

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.

Source: Mr. Justice...

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