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This is emphatically...

This is emphatically...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none but an American slaveholder...

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Reality is the...

Reality is the...

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

Source: In Collection of...

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Do not mistake...

Do not mistake...

Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class.

Source: In The...

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There are moments...

There are moments...

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on...

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Would it be...

Would it be...

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically --while simulating a triumphant march forward --than...

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The one function...

The one function...

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same...

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People have the...

People have the...

People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in...

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He managed to...

He managed to...

He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano.

Source: ABC/...

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Jack Kerouac: We're really all...

Jack Kerouac: We're really all...

We're really all of us bottomly broke. I haven't had time to work in weeks.

Source:...

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Boris Pasternak: In every generation...

Boris Pasternak: In every generation...

In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.

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Lewis Carroll: I'm very brave...

Lewis Carroll: I'm very brave...

I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a...

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Henry Miller: All growth is...

Henry Miller: All growth is...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

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J R R Tolkien: It's a job...

J R R Tolkien: It's a job...

It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.

Source: In The...

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Jeremy Collier: Perpetual pushing and...

Jeremy Collier: Perpetual pushing and...

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to . . . face a situation fearlessly, and [if]...

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Benedict Spinoza: If facts conflict...

Benedict Spinoza: If facts conflict...

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Men are even...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Men are even...

Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Existence really is...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Existence really is...

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Source: The...

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Knut Hamsun: A word can...

Knut Hamsun: A word can...

A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a way that it...

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Marquis de Sade: Every principle is...

Marquis de Sade: Every principle is...

Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the...

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