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James B Conant: Whether a man...

James B Conant: Whether a man...

Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or...

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Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

Source: The Great Age of Greek...

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Ferdinand Foch: It take 15,000...

Ferdinand Foch: It take 15,000...

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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Oliver Cromwell: He who stops...

Oliver Cromwell: He who stops...

He who stops being better stops being good.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Miyamoto Musashi: People in this...

Miyamoto Musashi: People in this...

People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is...

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Jean Toomer: Men try to...

Jean Toomer: Men try to...

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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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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Hermann Goering: The Americans cannot...

Hermann Goering: The Americans cannot...

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor...

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John LeCarre: You should have...

John LeCarre: You should have...

You should have died when I killed you.

Source: Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to...

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Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

Source: In Collection...

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Joseph Heller: Peace on earth...

Joseph Heller: Peace on earth...

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Source: Good as...

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Mary McCarthy: We all live...

Mary McCarthy: We all live...

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own...

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Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about...

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Mary Stewart: I reached for...

Mary Stewart: I reached for...

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful...

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Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society...

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Richard Bach: You are led...

Richard Bach: You are led...

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real...

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