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Edith Clara Summerskill: [G]overnments still pin...

Edith Clara Summerskill: [G]overnments still pin...

[G]overnments still pin their faith to some new economic nostrum which is produced periodically by some bright young...

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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: Citizen participation [is]...

Daniel Moynihan: Citizen participation [is]...

Citizen participation [is] a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the...

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Robert McNamara: A computer does...

Robert McNamara: A computer does...

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a...

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Ulysses S Grant: Hold fast to...

Ulysses S Grant: Hold fast to...

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in...

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Rutherford B Hayes: Coming in, I...

Rutherford B Hayes: Coming in, I...

Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men of the opposing party, and as an ingrate and a traitor by...

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George Washington: My observation is...

George Washington: My observation is...

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty . . . it is worse executed by...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reviewers, with some...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reviewers, with some...

Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in...

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Antonin Artaud: The race of...

Antonin Artaud: The race of...

The race of prophets is extinct. Europe is becoming set in its ways, slowly embalming itself beneath the wrappings of...

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William Wordsworth: Suffering is permanent,...

William Wordsworth: Suffering is permanent,...

Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: O God, give...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: O God, give...

O God, give me words to make my dream-children live.

Source: A Prayer.
-- Joseph...

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Richard Lovelace: Lady, it is...

Richard Lovelace: Lady, it is...

Lady, it is already morn,
And 'twas last night I swore to thee
That fond...

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Aeschylus: What is there...

Aeschylus: What is there...

What is there more kindly than the feelings between host and guest?

Source: 'The...

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Joan Collins: The easiest way...

Joan Collins: The easiest way...

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for...

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Joanne Woodward: There can be...

Joanne Woodward: There can be...

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Mae West: It's not the...

Mae West: It's not the...

It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.

Source: In The...

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Mae West: I generally avoid...

Mae West: I generally avoid...

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Source: 'My Little...

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Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: Home wasn't built...

Jane Sherwood Ace: Home wasn't built...

Home wasn't built in a day.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I want Carl...

Whoopi Goldberg: I want Carl...

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

Source: Referring to guests she wanted...

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