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William Lyon Phelps: If happiness truly...

William Lyon Phelps: If happiness truly...

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, the happiest individual would not be either a man...

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John Erskine: Lets tell young...

John Erskine: Lets tell young...

Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of...

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A P Herbert: A highbrow is...

A P Herbert: A highbrow is...

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

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Ashley Montagu: By virtue of...

Ashley Montagu: By virtue of...

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his...

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Ruth Benedict: In a world...

Ruth Benedict: In a world...

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with...

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James Bryce: Three-fourths of the...

James Bryce: Three-fourths of the...

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he...

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Catherine the Great: I am one...

Catherine the Great: I am one...

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

Source: Letter, 20 Jan...

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Pat Nixon: I have sacrificed...

Pat Nixon: I have sacrificed...

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

[I want] minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Source: Instructions to...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Not too much...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Not too much...

Not too much zeal!

Source: Attributed.
-- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, (Feb 13...

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George W Bush: One of the...

George W Bush: One of the...

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is...

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John Buchan: An atheist is...

John Buchan: An atheist is...

An atheist is a man without any invisible means of support.

Source: In Draper's...

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John Buchan: There may be...

John Buchan: There may be...

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make...

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Charles II: Brother, I am...

Charles II: Brother, I am...

Brother, I am too old to go again to my travels.

Source: Referring to his exile,...

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Alexis Carrel: Science has to...

Alexis Carrel: Science has to...

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not...

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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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Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of...

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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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Lewis Mumford: The artist does...

Lewis Mumford: The artist does...

The artist does not illustrate science. He frequently, however, responds to the same interests that a scientist...

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Leon Battista Alberti: Beauty - the...

Leon Battista Alberti: Beauty - the...

Beauty - the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing...

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