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Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Source: A...

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Nikki Giovanni: Art is not...

Nikki Giovanni: Art is not...

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Source: In Words of...

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Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a...

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George Herbert: A lean compromise...

George Herbert: A lean compromise...

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time,...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: I much prefer...

Titus Maccius Plautus: I much prefer...

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Source: In...

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Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

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Euripides: Among mortals second...

Euripides: Among mortals second...

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Arthur Miller: The apple cannot...

Arthur Miller: The apple cannot...

The apple cannot be stuck back on The Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek...

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Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Success is always something that you have to recover from.

Source: Interviews with...

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John Ford: Honour,<br>How much we...

John Ford: Honour,
How much we...

Honour,
How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee.


Source: The Broken...

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Aristophanes: Evil events from...

Aristophanes: Evil events from...

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Pierre de Beaumarchais: Be commonplace and...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: Be commonplace and...

Be commonplace and creeping, and you will be a success.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Eugene Ionesco: It is not...

Eugene Ionesco: It is not...

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Source: In Pearls of...

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Jean Racine: A single word...

Jean Racine: A single word...

A single word often betrays a great design.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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Eugene Ionesco: Beauty is a...

Eugene Ionesco: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of...

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Jean Racine: Small crimes always...

Jean Racine: Small crimes always...

Small crimes always precedes great ones.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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August Wilson: All you need...

August Wilson: All you need...

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the...

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Alan Bennett: Definition of a...

Alan Bennett: Definition of a...

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they...

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