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Barbara Tuchman: To be a...

Barbara Tuchman: To be a...

To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of...

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Daniel Boorstin: Some are born...

Daniel Boorstin: Some are born...

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

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John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom,...

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Theodore H White: I'd get into...

Theodore H White: I'd get into...

I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting...

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Henry Brooks Adams: Morality is a...

Henry Brooks Adams: Morality is a...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Jacob Bronowski: The values by...

Jacob Bronowski: The values by...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in...

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William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Alexander Cockburn: There is never...

Alexander Cockburn: There is never...

There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and...

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Clarence Darrow: The first half...

Clarence Darrow: The first half...

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

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Ralph Nader: Like sex in...

Ralph Nader: Like sex in...

Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: The individual college...

Charles Hamilton Houston: The individual college...

The individual college youth cannot wait forever until the problem of his education is...

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Claude Brown: For where...

Claude Brown: For where...

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

Source: Manchild...

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Invention, it must...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Invention, it must...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of voice, but out of...

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Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy...

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Elias Canetti: The profoundest thoughts...

Elias Canetti: The profoundest thoughts...

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something tricklike about them. A lot disappears in order for...

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Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land...

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Margot Asquith: He's very clever,...

Margot Asquith: He's very clever,...

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source: Referring to F....

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Anatole France: To accomplish great...

Anatole France: To accomplish great...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also...

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Aesop: Any excuse will...

Aesop: Any excuse will...

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Source: 'The Wolf and the Lamb'
-- Aesop, ( ...

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