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Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Christopher Wren<br>Said,...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Christopher Wren
Said,...

Sir Christopher Wren
Said, 'I am going to dine with some men.
If anybody calls
Say I am designing St...

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William Faulkner: A writer needs...

William Faulkner: A writer needs...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which,...

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William Faulkner: The end of...

William Faulkner: The end of...

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

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William Golding: Sleep is when...

William Golding: Sleep is when...

Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high...

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William Golding: Novelists do not...

William Golding: Novelists do not...

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes very...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes very...

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Prize-fighting is still...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Prize-fighting is still...

Prize-fighting is still accepted as a display worthy of a civilized people despite the fact that all those connected...

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Daniel Moynihan: At 14 you...

Daniel Moynihan: At 14 you...

At 14 you are still in most respects a dependent youth, in some respects a child. At 24 you are an adult. In between,...

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Daniel Moynihan: Somehow liberals have...

Daniel Moynihan: Somehow liberals have...

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a...

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Ulysses S Grant: I know no...

Ulysses S Grant: I know no...

I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The gains in...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The gains in...

The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: One thing is...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: One thing is...

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it doesn't turn out...

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Anthony Eden: If you've broken...

Anthony Eden: If you've broken...

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

Source: Letter to his...

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P B S Pinchback: I am groping...

P B S Pinchback: I am groping...

I am groping about through this American forest of prejudice and proscription, determined to find some form of...

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P B S Pinchback: We are an...

P B S Pinchback: We are an...

We are an element of strength and wealth too powerful to be ignored by the American People. All we need is a just...

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Spiro T Agnew: In the United...

Spiro T Agnew: In the United...

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of...

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Gary Hart: This is one...

Gary Hart: This is one...

This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.

Source: After his...

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Barry Goldwater: The only summit...

Barry Goldwater: The only summit...

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

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Spiro T Agnew: A tiny and...

Spiro T Agnew: A tiny and...

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by...

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Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Vice president -- it has such a nice ring to it!

Source: Accepting Walter F...

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