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The player envies...

The player envies...

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

Source: In

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The world judge...

The world judge...

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on...

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Boredom is just...

Boredom is just...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one...

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The effort to...

The effort to...

The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that...

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The emotion of...

The emotion of...

The emotion of love, in spite of the romantics, is not self-sustaining; it endures only when the lovers love many...

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Unless democracy is...

Unless democracy is...

Unless democracy is to commit suicide by consenting to its own destruction, it will have to find some formidable...

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You cannot endow...

You cannot endow...

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative. The jolliest steam-roller will not plant...

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A good poet...

A good poet...

A good poet is someone who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or...

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I never lecture,...

I never lecture,...

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to...

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The most valuable...

The most valuable...

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being...

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Dublin, though a...

Dublin, though a...

Dublin, though a place much worse than London, is not so bad as Iceland.

Source:...

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I am willing...

I am willing...

I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.

Source: Quoted in: Boswell,...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left...

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These as they...

These as they...

These as they change, Almighty Father! these
Are but the varied God. The rolling year
Is full of...

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If women believed...

If women believed...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more...

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We must respect...

We must respect...

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: We are here,...

Emmeline Pankhurst: We are here,...

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become...

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Hank Aaron: I don't feel...

Hank Aaron: I don't feel...

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

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Sin in this...

Sin in this...

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

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It is easier...

It is easier...

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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