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A J P Taylor: History gets thicker...

A J P Taylor: History gets thicker...

History gets thicker as it approaches recent times.

Source: English History,...

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A J P Taylor: There is nothing...

A J P Taylor: There is nothing...

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment -- and nothing more...

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A J P Taylor: A racing tipster...

A J P Taylor: A racing tipster...

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his...

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Theodore H White: Generally students are...

Theodore H White: Generally students are...

Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and...

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Henry Brooks Adams: As for America,...

Henry Brooks Adams: As for America,...

As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable,...

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George Bancroft: In nine times...

George Bancroft: In nine times...

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

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Jacob Bronowski: To me, being...

Jacob Bronowski: To me, being...

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in...

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Mary Stewart: The best way...

Mary Stewart: The best way...

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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Anais Nin: We do not...

Anais Nin: We do not...

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow...

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Francois Rabelais: Give the enemy...

Francois Rabelais: Give the enemy...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

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M F K Fisher: . . ....

M F K Fisher: . . ....

. . . word-sniffing . . . is an addiction, like glue -- or snow -- sniffing in a somewhat less destructive way,...

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Clara Barton: It is wise...

Clara Barton: It is wise...

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise...

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Edward Jenner: I hope that...

Edward Jenner: I hope that...

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world -- when that day...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I think he...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I think he...

I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often.

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Elizabeth Blackwell: I must have...

Elizabeth Blackwell: I must have...

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum and prevent this sad...

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Edward De Bono: Once a new...

Edward De Bono: Once a new...

Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new...

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Austin O'Malley: In levying taxes...

Austin O'Malley: In levying taxes...

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

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Austin O'Malley: The worst misfortune...

Austin O'Malley: The worst misfortune...

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary...

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Thomas Szasz: Happiness is an...

Thomas Szasz: Happiness is an...

Happiness is an imaginary condition formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by...

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