Welcome to the Quotable Success Collections!

Quotable Success, like BeMoreCreative.com, encourages thinking, working, and living more creatively. Creativity is "the power to connect the seemingly unconnected" (W. Plommer). To support this work, we earn a small affiliate commission. Please browse creatively!


Paul Verlaine: Take eloquence and...

Paul Verlaine: Take eloquence and...

Take eloquence and wring its neck.

Source: [Prends l'?loquence et tords-lui son...

More about this quote...

Victor Hugo: He who opens...

Victor Hugo: He who opens...

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

More about this quote...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Source:...

More about this quote...

Henry Miller: The worst sin...

Henry Miller: The worst sin...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment...

More about this quote...

Milan Kundera: The sound of...

Milan Kundera: The sound of...

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

Source:...

More about this quote...

Kingsley Amis: If you can't...

Kingsley Amis: If you can't...

If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.

Source: From...

More about this quote...

Robert Penn Warren: The end of...

Robert Penn Warren: The end of...

The end of man is knowledge, but [man] can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him; whether he is killed...

More about this quote...

Mark Twain: Eat what you...

Mark Twain: Eat what you...

Eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Source:
-- Mark Twain,...

More about this quote...

Lewis Carroll: One can't believe...

Lewis Carroll: One can't believe...

One can't believe impossible things.
I daresay you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age,...

More about this quote...

Charles Buxton: You will never...

Charles Buxton: You will never...

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Source:...

More about this quote...

Charles Buxton: The rule in...

Charles Buxton: The rule in...

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a...

More about this quote...

Italo Calvino: The catalogue of...

Italo Calvino: The catalogue of...

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When...

More about this quote...

Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Source: The act of Creation, bk....

More about this quote...

Richard Bach: Learning is finding...

Richard Bach: Learning is finding...

Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others...

More about this quote...

Evelyn Waugh: We schoolmasters must...

Evelyn Waugh: We schoolmasters must...

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

Source: Dr. Fagan, in Decline...

More about this quote...

Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

More about this quote...

George Eliot: The egoism which...

George Eliot: The egoism which...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied,...

More about this quote...

Nelson Algren: The Impossible Generalized...

Nelson Algren: The Impossible Generalized...

The Impossible Generalized Man is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy...

More about this quote...

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...

More about this quote...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.

Source:...

More about this quote...

Page 379 of 2,002


(C)2026 Quotable Success - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Success
Harrisonburg, VA