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Kenneth Grahame: As a rule,...

Kenneth Grahame: As a rule,...

As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that...

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Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Source: In Webster's...

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Robertson Davies: Imagination is a...

Robertson Davies: Imagination is a...

Imagination is a good horse to carry you over the ground -- not a flying carpet to set you free from...

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Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

Source: On children.
-- Dr Seuss, (Mar 2 1904-1991),...

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Margaret Halsey: The people who...

Margaret Halsey: The people who...

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is...

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Hermann Hesse: To study history...

Hermann Hesse: To study history...

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious...

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Henry Fielding: I have found...

Henry Fielding: I have found...

I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was...

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Fay Weldon: Young women especially...

Fay Weldon: Young women especially...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you...

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Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . .They are satiated by...

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Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

People who travel are always fugitives.

Source: Frenchman's Creek.
-- Daphne...

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Marguerite Duras: Paradoxically, the freedom...

Marguerite Duras: Paradoxically, the freedom...

Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say,...

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Francois Rabelais: I have known...

Francois Rabelais: I have known...

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Man cannot aspire if he looks down; if he rises, he must look up.

Source: In The...

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Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

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Georges Pompidou: There are three...

Georges Pompidou: There are three...

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with...

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Benjamin Harrison: Will it not...

Benjamin Harrison: Will it not...

Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? . . . Irritations...

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John Buchan: We can pay...

John Buchan: We can pay...

We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

Source:...

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

Source: In Words of...

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Rufus Choate: The final end...

Rufus Choate: The final end...

The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.

Source:...

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Marcus Garvey: Men who are...

Marcus Garvey: Men who are...

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

Source: In Famous Black...

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