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Claude M. Bristol: Thought is the...

Claude M. Bristol: Thought is the...

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions,...

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Gifford Pinchot, III: Innovations never happen...

Gifford Pinchot, III: Innovations never happen...

Innovations never happen as planned.

Source: Intrapreneuring, 1986.
-- Gifford...

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Moli?re: The greater the...

Moli?re: The greater the...

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.

Source: In The World's...

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John Ciardi: A university is...

John Ciardi: A university is...

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

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Tennessee Williams: If the writing...

Tennessee Williams: If the writing...

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

Source:...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Source: Moses: Man of...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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John Fletcher: Love is like...

John Fletcher: Love is like...

Love is like linen often changed, the sweeter.

Source: Sicelides, III. v
-- John...

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George Bernard Shaw: If all the...

George Bernard Shaw: If all the...

If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

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Cecil Rhodes: How can I...

Cecil Rhodes: How can I...

How can I possibly dislike a sex to which Your Majesty belongs?

Source: Replying to...

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Jim Rohn: We must risk...

Jim Rohn: We must risk...

We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.

Source: In The...

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Peter Drucker: If a government...

Peter Drucker: If a government...

If a government commission had worked on the horse, you would have the first horse that could operate its knee joint...

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Peter Drucker: Management by objectives...

Peter Drucker: Management by objectives...

Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you...

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Peter Drucker: Unless commitment is...

Peter Drucker: Unless commitment is...

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

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A repertory, a...

A repertory, a...

A repertory, a patrimony of ballets, tended as carefully as the collection of 600-year-old bonsai in Tokyo's Imperial...

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Genius is another...

Genius is another...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

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The essence of...

The essence of...

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

Source: In Time, 19...

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J B Priestley: I remember coming...

J B Priestley: I remember coming...

I remember coming across him at the Grand Canyon and finding him peevish, refusing to admire it or even look at it...

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Sara Teasdale: When I can...

Sara Teasdale: When I can...

When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And...

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