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Augustine Birrell: Libraries are not...

Augustine Birrell: Libraries are not...

Libraries are not made; they grow.

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

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John Bright: The Angel of...

John Bright: The Angel of...

The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land: you may almost hear the beating of his...

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Robert McNamara: One cannot fashion...

Robert McNamara: One cannot fashion...

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

Source: On...

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Ramsey Clark: The measure of...

Ramsey Clark: The measure of...

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you...

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Larry Speakes: Those who talk...

Larry Speakes: Those who talk...

Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.

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George P Shultz: You've got to...

George P Shultz: You've got to...

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

Source: On PBS...

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George P Shultz: The minute you...

George P Shultz: The minute you...

The minute you start talking about what you're golng to do if you lose, you have lost.

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Akhenaton: The ambitious will...

Akhenaton: The ambitious will...

The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to...

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Dean Acheson: The first requirement...

Dean Acheson: The first requirement...

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to...

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Carl Stokes: There is nothing...

Carl Stokes: There is nothing...

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with America's cities that money can't cure.

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Daniel Webster: Failure is more...

Daniel Webster: Failure is more...

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

Source: In The...

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Donald Rumsfeld: Success tends to...

Donald Rumsfeld: Success tends to...

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to...

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Vaclav Havel: The role of...

Vaclav Havel: The role of...

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and bears a laden breast
Full of sad experience, moving toward the stillness...

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George Moses Horton: My genius from...

George Moses Horton: My genius from...

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power...

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George Moses Horton: I leave my...

George Moses Horton: I leave my...

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'Tis grief to go, but death to...

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Alexander Smith: A man's real...

Alexander Smith: A man's real...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he...

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Nicolas Boileau: The world is...

Nicolas Boileau: The world is...

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also...

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Colley Cibber: Old houses mended,<br>Cost...

Colley Cibber: Old houses mended,
Cost...

Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they're ended.


Source:...

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Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love,...

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