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Oscar Wilde: How else but...

Oscar Wilde: How else but...

How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?


Source: The Ballad...

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Alexander Pope: What beck'ning ghost,...

Alexander Pope: What beck'ning ghost,...

What beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade
Invites my steps, and points to yonder...

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Stephane Mallarme: Dreams have as...

Stephane Mallarme: Dreams have as...

Dreams have as much influence as actions.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Ogden Nash: God in His...

Ogden Nash: God in His...

God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.


Source: In...

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Ogden Nash: Professional men, they...

Ogden Nash: Professional men, they...

Professional men, they have no cares;
whatever happens, they get theirs.


Source:...

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Novalis: We are near...

Novalis: We are near...

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Theodore Roethke: In a dark...

Theodore Roethke: In a dark...

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Source: In a Dark Time
-- Theodore...

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Rupert Brooke: Cities, like cats,...

Rupert Brooke: Cities, like cats,...

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

Source: Letters from America,...

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Neil Simon: Everyone thinks they...

Neil Simon: Everyone thinks they...

Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Since when was genius found respectable?

Source: Aurora Leigh, bk. 6, 1857.
--...

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Joaquin Miller: The biggest dog...

Joaquin Miller: The biggest dog...

The biggest dog has been a pup.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Countee Cullen: The play is...

Countee Cullen: The play is...

The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a...

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George Herbert: A great ship...

George Herbert: A great ship...

A great ship asks deep water.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all...

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Euripides: If we could...

Euripides: If we could...

If we could be twice young and twice old, we could correct all our mistakes.

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August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.

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William Congreve: Defer not till...

William Congreve: Defer not till...

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise,
Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.


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Maxwell Anderson: From the point...

Maxwell Anderson: From the point...

From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual...

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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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Pierre de Beaumarchais: I hasten to...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: I hasten to...

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep at it.

Source:...

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