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Paul Robeson: Freedom is a...

Paul Robeson: Freedom is a...

Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing...

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Yogi Berra: It was deja...

Yogi Berra: It was deja...

It was deja vue all over again.

Source: In Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations,...

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When the leader...

When the leader...

When the leader passes over all alike, not making a distinction, then the endeavors of those who are capable of...

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Subdue fate by...

Subdue fate by...

Subdue fate by exerting human strength to the maximum; and if, when the effort has been made and success is not...

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Authors are sometimes...

Authors are sometimes...

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to...

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they...

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Ariel Durant: One of the...

Ariel Durant: One of the...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to...

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Italo Calvino: A classic is...

Italo Calvino: A classic is...

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Source: Why...

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Malcolm Bradbury: The English are...

Malcolm Bradbury: The English are...

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

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Sigmund Freud: From error to...

Sigmund Freud: From error to...

From error to error one discovers the entire truth.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Sigmund Freud: The voice of...

Sigmund Freud: The voice of...

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

True perfection is achieved only by those who are prepared to destroy it. It is a by-product of...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: Power comes not...

Addison Gayle, Jr: Power comes not...

Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes...

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bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

Being oppressed means the absence of choices.

Source: Feminist Theory, ch.1,...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Let a man...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Let a man...

Let a man in a garret but burn with enough tensity and he will set fire to the whole...

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Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues....

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Clive Barker: The threads can...

Clive Barker: The threads can...

The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the...

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Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass...

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Jean Paul: Humankind's chief fault...

Jean Paul: Humankind's chief fault...

Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

Source: In The...

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