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Paul Newman: How many honest...

Paul Newman: How many honest...

How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham...

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Paul Newman: People stay married...

Paul Newman: People stay married...

People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.

Source:...

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Cecil Frances Alexander: There is a...

Cecil Frances Alexander: There is a...

There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us...

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Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of...

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Robert Bridges: For beauty being...

Robert Bridges: For beauty being...

For beauty being the best of all we know
Sums up the unsearchable and secret aims
Of...

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William Watson: We hold our...

William Watson: We hold our...

We hold our hate too choice a thing
For light and careless lavishing.


Source:...

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Hesiod: If thou shouldst...

Hesiod: If thou shouldst...

If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: Our planet<br>is poorly...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: Our planet
is poorly...

Our planet
is poorly equipped
for delight.
One must snatch
gladness
from the days that are.
In this...

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Delmore Schwartz: All poets' wives...

Delmore Schwartz: All poets' wives...

All poets' wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives.

Source:...

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Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone,
That never mused on sorrow but its own.


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James Matthew Barrie: It is not...

James Matthew Barrie: It is not...

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Source:...

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David Mamet: A good film...

David Mamet: A good film...

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: Ideas are the...

William Shakespeare: Ideas are the...

Ideas are the very coinage of your brain.

Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Source: Their Eyes were...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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August Wilson: Confront the dark...

August Wilson: Confront the dark...

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to...

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George Farquhar: Crimes, like virtues,...

George Farquhar: Crimes, like virtues,...

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Harland Sanders: Hard work beats...

Harland Sanders: Hard work beats...

Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.

Source: An Internet...

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Andrew Carnegie: No man will...

Andrew Carnegie: No man will...

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing...

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Sylvia Porter: One of the...

Sylvia Porter: One of the...

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is...

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