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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact...

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Jack London: You can't wait...

Jack London: You can't wait...

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: But the whim...

Thomas Carlyle: But the whim...

But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come...

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Thomas Carlyle: It is a...

Thomas Carlyle: It is a...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like...

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Henry David Thoreau: The mass of...

Henry David Thoreau: The mass of...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . A...

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Winston Churchill: If Hitler invaded...

Winston Churchill: If Hitler invaded...

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of...

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Giambattista Vico: It is true...

Giambattista Vico: It is true...

It is true that men themselves made this world of nations. . . but this world without doubt has issued from a mind...

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Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so...

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G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

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Winston Churchill: There is no...

Winston Churchill: There is no...

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to...

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Benjamin Franklin: Here Skugg<br>Lies snug<br>As...

Benjamin Franklin: Here Skugg
Lies snug
As...

Here Skugg
Lies snug
As a bug
In a rug.


Source: An epitaph for a squirrel,...

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Benjamin Franklin: He that has...

Benjamin Franklin: He that has...

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have...

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Benjamin Franklin: Admiration is the...

Benjamin Franklin: Admiration is the...

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Benjamin Franklin: Keep your eyes...

Benjamin Franklin: Keep your eyes...

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Source: In The...

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Benjamin Franklin: He that won't...

Benjamin Franklin: He that won't...

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: He that would...

Benjamin Franklin: He that would...

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

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Benjamin Franklin: Pride that dines...

Benjamin Franklin: Pride that dines...

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: Whatever is begun...

Benjamin Franklin: Whatever is begun...

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Source: In

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G C Lichtenberg: A vacuum of...

G C Lichtenberg: A vacuum of...

A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would be constantly...

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