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Life is the...

Life is the...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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By taking a...

By taking a...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by shewing that she made him so happy as a...

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Henri Matisse: There is nothing...

Henri Matisse: There is nothing...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has...

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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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David Ogilvy: Never write an...

David Ogilvy: Never write an...

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife....

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Marianne Williamson: In every community,...

Marianne Williamson: In every community,...

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the...

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Every solution breeds...

Every solution breeds...

Every solution breeds new problems.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E....

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George Bernard Shaw: A life spent...

George Bernard Shaw: A life spent...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing...

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George Sand: He who draws...

George Sand: He who draws...

He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all...

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Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Source: In The Electric Kool-Aid...

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The Irish are...

The Irish are...

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings,...

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One good turn...

One good turn...

One good turn deserves another.

Source: Satyricon, sec. 45.
-- Petronius...

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Just try to...

Just try to...

Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

Source: In...

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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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Wilkie Collins: The future of...

Wilkie Collins: The future of...

The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public -- a reading public of three millions which lies right...

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Love at first...

Love at first...

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it...

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Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Source: Speech, 1990.
-- Barbara...

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Robert Motherwell: The public's appetite...

Robert Motherwell: The public's appetite...

The public's appetite for famous people is a mouth as big as a mountain.

Source: In...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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