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Eudora Welty: It had been...

Eudora Welty: It had been...

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were...

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Dr Seuss: You can get...

Dr Seuss: You can get...

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.

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E L Konigsburg: Some days you...

E L Konigsburg: Some days you...

Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up...

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Max Frisch: Technology. . ....

Max Frisch: Technology. . ....

Technology. . . the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

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Stephen Potter: There was one...

Stephen Potter: There was one...

There was one ploy of Gattling's which I found particularly effective, and I believe it must have been about this time...

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A A Milne: One of the...

A A Milne: One of the...

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting...

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A A Milne: I am a...

A A Milne: I am a...

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

Source:...

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Daniel Boorstin: A sign of...

Daniel Boorstin: A sign of...

A sign of a celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

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Cornelius Nepos: We measure great...

Cornelius Nepos: We measure great...

We measure great men by their virtue, not their fortune.

Source: In Webster's...

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Daniel Boorstin: Technology is so...

Daniel Boorstin: Technology is so...

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out...

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C Northcote Parkinson: It is not...

C Northcote Parkinson: It is not...

It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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Edgar Watson Howe: I try to...

Edgar Watson Howe: I try to...

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the...

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G K Chesterton: The Christian ideal...

G K Chesterton: The Christian ideal...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left...

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Annie Dillard: Just once I...

Annie Dillard: Just once I...

Just once I wanted a task that required all the joy I had. Day after day I had noticed that if I waited long enough,...

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Max Eastman: A joke is...

Max Eastman: A joke is...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible...

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Max Eastman: Laughter is, after...

Max Eastman: Laughter is, after...

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

Source:...

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Alvin Toffler: You simply *must*...

Alvin Toffler: You simply *must*...

You simply *must* stop taking advice from other people.

Source: From a collection...

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Honore de Balzac: We cannot confront...

Honore de Balzac: We cannot confront...

We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.

Source: Madame de la...

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