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Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be...

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Linus Pauling: Science is the...

Linus Pauling: Science is the...

Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to...

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William A Ward: Wise are those...

William A Ward: Wise are those...

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top...

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Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

. . . we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in...

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Michel de Certeau: Political organizations have...

Michel de Certeau: Political organizations have...

Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. . ....

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Laurence J Peter: A man convinced...

Laurence J Peter: A man convinced...

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by...

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Gilbert Highet: Many people have...

Gilbert Highet: Many people have...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought...

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Warren Bennis: Failing organizations are...

Warren Bennis: Failing organizations are...

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

Source: The...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Edward Everett Hale: Never bear more...

Edward Everett Hale: Never bear more...

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble -- the ones they've had,...

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Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it...

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John Bunyan: My sword I...

John Bunyan: My sword I...

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

A great man is always willing to be little.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Lisa Alther: I happen to...

Lisa Alther: I happen to...

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting...

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Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, a moment ago things were not like this, let it be then, not...

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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Ken Kesey: You can't really...

Ken Kesey: You can't really...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Source: One Flew...

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