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Benjamin Franklin: Man is a...

Benjamin Franklin: Man is a...

Man is a tool-making animal.

Source: Life of Johnson, by J. Boswell, 7 Apr...

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Francis Picabia: Maybe men are...

Francis Picabia: Maybe men are...

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Source:...

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Francis Picabia: Knowledge is ancient...

Francis Picabia: Knowledge is ancient...

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Source: 491, (Paris), 4 Mar...

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Alexander Kroll: When Alexander the...

Alexander Kroll: When Alexander the...

When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes he asked whether he could do anything for the famous teacher. And Diogenes...

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Bruce Barton: Nothing splendid has...

Bruce Barton: Nothing splendid has...

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to...

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Bruce Barton: If you have...

Bruce Barton: If you have...

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own...

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Bruce Barton: [The] Great suffer...

Bruce Barton: [The] Great suffer...

[The] Great suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why...

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Charles A Lindbergh: If I had...

Charles A Lindbergh: If I had...

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Source: Recalled on...

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Alexander Fleming: It is the...

Alexander Fleming: It is the...

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime...

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Wernher von Braun: Crash programs fail...

Wernher von Braun: Crash programs fail...

Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a...

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Charles Kettering: The biggest job...

Charles Kettering: The biggest job...

The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to...

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Isaac Newton: To every action...

Isaac Newton: To every action...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Source: third law of...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: [W]e must believe...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: [W]e must believe...

[W]e must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence,...

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Luther Burbank: For those who...

Luther Burbank: For those who...

For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a...

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Niels Bohr: An independant reality...

Niels Bohr: An independant reality...

An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of...

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Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Men die but an idea does not.

Source: The Street Where I Live, 1978.
-- Alan Jay...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Won't you come...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Won't you come...

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Source: Said to a...

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Victor Hugo: There is one...

Victor Hugo: There is one...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has...

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Christopher Isherwood: One should never...

Christopher Isherwood: One should never...

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

Source: In W.O.W....

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May Sarton: Anyone who is...

May Sarton: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.

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