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Aldous Huxley: Facts do not...

Aldous Huxley: Facts do not...

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Source: Proper Studies,...

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Aldous Huxley: Every ceiling, when...

Aldous Huxley: Every ceiling, when...

Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive...

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Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about...

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Mark Twain: Get you facts...

Mark Twain: Get you facts...

Get you facts first, and then you can distort 'em as much as you please.

Source: In...

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Emily Bronte: I am now...

Emily Bronte: I am now...

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient...

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Clive Barker: It is sickness...

Clive Barker: It is sickness...

It is sickness of the profoundest kind to believe that there is one reality. There is sickness in any piece of work or...

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Michael Crichton: Absence of proof...

Michael Crichton: Absence of proof...

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Eliot: That's what a...

George Eliot: That's what a...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's...

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Jane Austen: A person who...

Jane Austen: A person who...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Source: Miss...

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Richard Bach: It is by...

Richard Bach: It is by...

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room...

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Mary McCarthy: Every age has...

Mary McCarthy: Every age has...

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Source: On the Contrary, pt. 1,...

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Fay Weldon: The desire for...

Fay Weldon: The desire for...

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting...

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Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at...

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Dr Seuss: From there to...

Dr Seuss: From there to...

From there to here,
and here to there,
funny things are everywhere.


Source:...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: An idea ran...

F Scott Fitzgerald: An idea ran...

An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: Vitality shows not...

F Scott Fitzgerald: Vitality shows not...

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

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Anatole France: An education isn't...

Anatole France: An education isn't...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate...

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Colette: It is wise...

Colette: It is wise...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

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Natalia Ginzburg: Children should be...

Natalia Ginzburg: Children should be...

Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to...

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Max Eastman: People who demand...

Max Eastman: People who demand...

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status...

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