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Titus Livy: It takes a...

Titus Livy: It takes a...

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ernest Dimnet: Too often we...

Ernest Dimnet: Too often we...

Too often we forget that genius. . . depends upon the data within its reach, that Archimedes could not have devised...

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August Wilson: She's just using...

August Wilson: She's just using...

She's just using him to keep from being by herself. That's the worst use of a man you can...

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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Jean Toomer: I am not...

Jean Toomer: I am not...

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

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Martin H Fischer: A doctor must...

Martin H Fischer: A doctor must...

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: The great high...

Chris Evert Lloyd: The great high...

The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record book, but you don't have...

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Alexis Carrel: Those who desire...

Alexis Carrel: Those who desire...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride . . . the omnipotence...

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Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.

Source: Bluebeard's Egg,...

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Michael Faraday: Nothing is too...

Michael Faraday: Nothing is too...

Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.

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Pope John XXIII: See everything; overlook...

Pope John XXIII: See everything; overlook...

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

Source: In Pearls of...

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Frank Lloyd Wright: I hate intellectuals....

Frank Lloyd Wright: I hate intellectuals....

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

Source:...

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Alan Bennett: Life is rather...

Alan Bennett: Life is rather...

Life is rather like a tin of sardines, we're all of us looking for the key.

Source:...

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Witter Bynner: A leader is...

Witter Bynner: A leader is...

A leader is best when people barely know he exists.

Source: In The New Webster's...

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May Sarton: Don't forget that...

May Sarton: Don't forget that...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness,...

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Marcus Fabius Quintilian: Our minds are...

Marcus Fabius Quintilian: Our minds are...

Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh...

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Phillips Brooks: A prayer in...

Phillips Brooks: A prayer in...

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

Source: In The...

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Victor Hugo: Genius is a...

Victor Hugo: Genius is a...

Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.

Source: In Best Quotations for...

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Max Eastman: Dogs laugh, but...

Max Eastman: Dogs laugh, but...

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am full...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am full...

I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly...

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