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Lydia M Child: There was a...

Lydia M Child: There was a...

There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for...

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Lydia M Child: The eye of...

Lydia M Child: The eye of...

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

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Ian Fleming: I shall not...

Ian Fleming: I shall not...

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Source:...

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Kenneth Grahame: The strongest human...

Kenneth Grahame: The strongest human...

The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist...

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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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R S Surtees: Three things I...

R S Surtees: Three things I...

Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.

Source: Hillingdon...

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Max Frisch: Technology. . ....

Max Frisch: Technology. . ....

Technology. . . the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

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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: All men are...

Hermann Hesse: All men are...

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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Douglas Adams: Human beings, who...

Douglas Adams: Human beings, who...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable...

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Nelson Algren: The avocation of...

Nelson Algren: The avocation of...

The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back...

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Margaret Mitchell: I'm tired of...

Margaret Mitchell: I'm tired of...

I'm tired of saying, How wonderful you are! to fool men who haven't got one-half the sense I've got, and I'm tired of...

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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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Gertrude Stein: The unreal is...

Gertrude Stein: The unreal is...

The unreal is natural, so natural that it makes of unreality the most natural of anything natural. That is what...

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Max Eastman: Dogs laugh, but...

Max Eastman: Dogs laugh, but...

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh...

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W C Sellar: For every person...

W C Sellar: For every person...

For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

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W C Sellar: To confess that...

W C Sellar: To confess that...

To confess that you are totally Ignorant about the Horse, is social suicide: you will be despised by everybody,...

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W C Sellar: The Memorable Round...

W C Sellar: The Memorable Round...

The Memorable Round Table made to have the Conferences at, so that it was impossible to say who was top...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Heed the still,...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Heed the still,...

Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

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