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Sylvia Plath: There must be...

Sylvia Plath: There must be...

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

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Daisy Ashford: My own idear...

Daisy Ashford: My own idear...

My own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind.

Source: The Earl...

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Alan Paton: I have one...

Alan Paton: I have one...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they...

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Brian Moore: Research is usually...

Brian Moore: Research is usually...

Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing.

Source: In...

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Gloria Naylor: The last time...

Gloria Naylor: The last time...

The last time you're doing something -- knowing you're doing it for the last -- makes it even more alive than the...

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Edward Hoagland: There often seems...

Edward Hoagland: There often seems...

There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness...

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Nelson Mandela: Only free men...

Nelson Mandela: Only free men...

Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.

Source:...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: In preparing for...

Dwight D Eisenhower: In preparing for...

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: An intellectual is...

Dwight D Eisenhower: An intellectual is...

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

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John F Kennedy: I think this...

John F Kennedy: I think this...

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the...

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William Lamb Melbourne: It wounds a...

William Lamb Melbourne: It wounds a...

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure,...

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Prince of Wales Charles: The whole imposing...

Prince of Wales Charles: The whole imposing...

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off...

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Prince of Wales Charles: To get the...

Prince of Wales Charles: To get the...

To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.

Source: The Observer,...

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Stanislaus I: The earnest desire...

Stanislaus I: The earnest desire...

The earnest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

Source:...

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Stanislaus I: What is fame?...

Stanislaus I: What is fame?...

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as...

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Christina of Sweden: Fools are more...

Christina of Sweden: Fools are more...

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in Pensees...

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George McGovern: Don't throw away...

George McGovern: Don't throw away...

Don't throw away your conscience.

Source: In Words of Wisdom, by Wm. Safire &...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

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Hubert H Humphrey: If there is...

Hubert H Humphrey: If there is...

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is...

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Franklin Pierce: In a body...

Franklin Pierce: In a body...

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the...

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