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Chaucer was a...

Chaucer was a...

Chaucer was a class traitor
Shakespeare hated the mob
Donne sold out a bit later
Sidney was a...

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The brain is...

The brain is...

The brain is a commodity . . . used to fertilize ideas.

Source: In Webster's...

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The more one...

The more one...

The more one knows, the more one simplifies.

Source: In The Peter Pyramid, by...

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Desire is the...

Desire is the...

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends...

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Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

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A nickname is...

A nickname is...

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we...

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I think the...

I think the...

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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Journalists do not...

Journalists do not...

Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than...

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Once we thought,...

Once we thought,...

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough facts ... and gave them a fast stir, we...

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Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh., That's acting for you or maybe...

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Thomas Aquinas: The test of...

Thomas Aquinas: The test of...

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he...

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Wendell Phillips: Agitation is the...

Wendell Phillips: Agitation is the...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Sonia Johnson: It's only when...

Sonia Johnson: It's only when...

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary . ....

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Stanislaw Lec: What a pity...

Stanislaw Lec: What a pity...

What a pity the only way to heaven is in a hearse.

Source:
-- Stanislaw Lec,...

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J Robert Oppenheimer: In the material...

J Robert Oppenheimer: In the material...

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic...

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Isaac Asimov: Part of the...

Isaac Asimov: Part of the...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is completely programmed and working smoothly, it is...

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Saul Steinberg: People who see...

Saul Steinberg: People who see...

People who see a drawing in the New Yorker will think automatically that it's funny because it is a cartoon. If they...

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Walter Gropius: If your contribution...

Walter Gropius: If your contribution...

If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your...

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Derek Bok: There is far...

Derek Bok: There is far...

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who...

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bell hooks: . . ....

bell hooks: . . ....

. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind.

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