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Art is the...

Art is the...

Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the...

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Stanislaw Lec: He who limps...

Stanislaw Lec: He who limps...

He who limps is still walking.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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How much has...

How much has...

How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling.

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It is cruel,...

It is cruel,...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness & of pain: of strength &...

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Listen kid, take...

Listen kid, take...

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.

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[I am] a...

[I am] a...

[I am] a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what...

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The number of...

The number of...

The number of people that will not go to a show they don't want to see is unlimited.

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I cannot switch...

I cannot switch...

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

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Music is not...

Music is not...

Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the...

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Accomplishments have no...

Accomplishments have no...

Accomplishments have no color.

Source: In I Dream a World.
-- Leontyne Price,...

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Anita Roddick: If you do...

Anita Roddick: If you do...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first be different, be just.

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Tom Peters: If a window...

Tom Peters: If a window...

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Source: The Pursuit...

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Adam Smith: The real price...

Adam Smith: The real price...

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble...

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W H Beveridge: The trouble in...

W H Beveridge: The trouble in...

The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead...

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J P Morgan: I don't want...

J P Morgan: I don't want...

I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do; I hire them to tell me how to do what I want to...

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Marshall Field: Things to remember:...

Marshall Field: Things to remember:...

Things to remember: 1) The worth of character; 2) The improvement of talent; 3) The influence of example; 4) The joy...

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Katharine Graham: If we had...

Katharine Graham: If we had...

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an...

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Beatrice Potter Webb: So much perfection...

Beatrice Potter Webb: So much perfection...

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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To retire is...

To retire is...

To retire is to begin to die.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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We joined the...

We joined the...

We joined the Navy to see the world,
And what did we see? We saw the sea.


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