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Grandma Moses: . . ....

Grandma Moses: . . ....

. . . daydreams, as it were . . . I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different...

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Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

Source: In Words of...

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Ansel Adams: The negative is...

Ansel Adams: The negative is...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in...

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Addison Mizner: Never call a...

Addison Mizner: Never call a...

Never call a man a fool; borrow from him.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Burroughs: Joy in the...

John Burroughs: Joy in the...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all -- that has been my religion.

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John Burroughs: Blessed is the...

John Burroughs: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a...

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John Burroughs: We can outrun...

John Burroughs: We can outrun...

We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of Hurry.

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Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one...

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Amelia Earhart: The more one...

Amelia Earhart: The more one...

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of...

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Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Source: From a collection of quotations found on...

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Amelia Earhart: There is so...

Amelia Earhart: There is so...

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Source: In...

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Amelia Earhart: The effect of...

Amelia Earhart: The effect of...

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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Orlando A Battista: The best eraser...

Orlando A Battista: The best eraser...

The best eraser in the world is a good night's sleep.

Source: In Reader's Digest, 1...

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Orlando A Battista: Time was when...

Orlando A Battista: Time was when...

Time was when the average person could pay as he goes. Nowadays he has to pay as he comes and...

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Ernst Fischer: To provoke dreams...

Ernst Fischer: To provoke dreams...

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of...

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George Washington Carver: God gave them...

George Washington Carver: God gave them...

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?

Source:...

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Edmund Hillary: I am hell-bent...

Edmund Hillary: I am hell-bent...

I am hell-bent for the South Pole - God willing and crevasses permitting.

Source:...

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Charles Darwin: I have tried...

Charles Darwin: I have tried...

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated...

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John Muir: The mountains are...

John Muir: The mountains are...

The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers,...

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