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Beryl Markham: You can live...

Beryl Markham: You can live...

You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about...

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I never desire...

I never desire...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

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I know of...

I know of...

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an...

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Genius is always...

Genius is always...

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

Source: In Collection of 180,000 Famous...

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The realities of...

The realities of...

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.

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M C Escher: At first I...

M C Escher: At first I...

At first I had no idea at all of the possibility of systematically building up my figures. I did not know ... this was...

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To give pain...

To give pain...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Source: In...

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Follow what you...

Follow what you...

Follow what you love! . . . Don't deign to ask what they are looking for out there. Ask what you have inside. Follow...

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Brevity is the...

Brevity is the...

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Source: In Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is...

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The sexes in...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The sexes in...

The sexes in each species of being . . . are always true equivalents -- equals but not...

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The fact is,...

The fact is,...

The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still...

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: In the year...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: In the year...

In the year of 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water.

Source:...

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A man has...

A man has...

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do...

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Phases of the...

Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Life is not an easy matter. . . . You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you...

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Brains, you know,...

Brains, you know,...

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

Source: Recalled on his...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: It is because...

Thomas Henry Huxley: It is because...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing...

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn, and...

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Leon Trotsky: Old age is...

Leon Trotsky: Old age is...

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Source:...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: I am too...

Thomas Henry Huxley: I am too...

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

Source: Letter to...

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