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Natalie Clifford Barney: There are. ....

Natalie Clifford Barney: There are. ....

There are. . . intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has...

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Aldous Huxley: The investigation of...

Aldous Huxley: The investigation of...

The investigation of nature is an infinite pasture-ground where all may graze, and where the more bite, the longer the...

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Paul Verlaine: Take eloquence and...

Paul Verlaine: Take eloquence and...

Take eloquence and wring its neck.

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

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Carl Stokes: Despite the litany...

Carl Stokes: Despite the litany...

Despite the litany of the sorrows of the city, we must believe in the ability of man to respond to the problems of his...

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Max Eastman: A joke is...

Max Eastman: A joke is...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: The art of...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: The art of...

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

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Erasmus Darwin: Soon shall thy...

Erasmus Darwin: Soon shall thy...

Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings...

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Harper Lee: Never, never, never,...

Harper Lee: Never, never, never,...

Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to . . . . Do it,...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Wounded vanity knows...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Wounded vanity knows...

Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride...

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Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away.

Source: Said...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: How many inner...

Natalie Clifford Barney: How many inner...

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.

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New Year's Resolution:...

New Year's Resolution:...

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my...

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Joseph Wood Krutch: If we do...

Joseph Wood Krutch: If we do...

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food...

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Carl Stokes: I knew my...

Carl Stokes: I knew my...

I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no...

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Erasmus Darwin: A fool is...

Erasmus Darwin: A fool is...

A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.

Source: Choosen Letters,...

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Louis Brandeis: Organization can never...

Louis Brandeis: Organization can never...

Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment.

Source:...

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Douglas Coupland: On TV people...

Douglas Coupland: On TV people...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time...

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Joseph Wood Krutch: There is no...

Joseph Wood Krutch: There is no...

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

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Inspiration may be...

Inspiration may be...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness -- I wouldn't know. But I am sure it...

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Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

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