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Thomas Gray: Far from the...

Thomas Gray: Far from the...

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool...

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Christina Rossetti: Who has seen...

Christina Rossetti: Who has seen...

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads.
The wind is passing...

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Allen Ginsberg: Poetry is not...

Allen Ginsberg: Poetry is not...

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think,...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The beautiful seems...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The beautiful seems...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

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Alan Alda: The creative is...

Alan Alda: The creative is...

The creative is the place where no one else have ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the...

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Dustin Hoffman: A good review...

Dustin Hoffman: A good review...

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

Source: In The...

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Montgomery Clift: The only line...

Montgomery Clift: The only line...

The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is holding a mirror up to nature. You hold a magnifying glass up to nature....

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Montgomery Clift: I have enough...

Montgomery Clift: I have enough...

I have enough money to get by. I'm not independently wealthy, just independently lazy, I...

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Cary Grant: We have our...

Cary Grant: We have our...

We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in...

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Spencer Tracy: This mug of...

Spencer Tracy: This mug of...

This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?

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John Barrymore: You can only...

John Barrymore: You can only...

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Ralph Richardson: Acting is the...

Ralph Richardson: Acting is the...

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Steven Seagal: It doesn't work...

Steven Seagal: It doesn't work...

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes...

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Ben Stein: No one will...

Ben Stein: No one will...

No one will do it for you.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be...

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Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Why came I so untimely forth
Into a world which, wanting thee,
Could entertain us with no worth
Or shadow of...

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Mao Tse-Tung: The enemy advances,...

Mao Tse-Tung: The enemy advances,...

The enemy advances, we retreat.
The enemy camps, we harass.
The enemy tires, we attack.
The enemy retreats,...

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Coleman Young: Courage is one...

Coleman Young: Courage is one...

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Source: c. 1978.
-- Coleman Young, (May 24...

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Patrick Buchanan: Defeat has its...

Patrick Buchanan: Defeat has its...

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Woodrow Wilson: I not only...

Woodrow Wilson: I not only...

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Source: In Quotable...

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