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John: I've never had...

John: I've never had...

I've never had any discipline whatsoever. I just wait on a song like I was waiting for lightning to strike. And...

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Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too...

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David Letterman: New York now...

David Letterman: New York now...

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden...

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Earl Nightingale: You can measure...

Earl Nightingale: You can measure...

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go...

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Philip Sidney: They are never...

Philip Sidney: They are never...

They are never alone who are accompanied by noble thoughts.

Source:
-- Philip...

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Philip Sidney: It is the...

Philip Sidney: It is the...

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most...

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Claudius: No one is...

Claudius: No one is...

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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John Webster: When I go...

John Webster: When I go...

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst...

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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Jean Racine: Oh, I have...

Jean Racine: Oh, I have...

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him. (Ah! je l'ai trop aim? pour ne le point...

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Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the...

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Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Christopher Fry: What after all<br>Is...

Christopher Fry: What after all
Is...

What after all
Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.


Source: The...

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Pierre Corneille: Brave men are...

Pierre Corneille: Brave men are...

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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William Wycherley: Thy books should,...

William Wycherley: Thy books should,...

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be,
Yet such wherein men may thy judgment...

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Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.


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Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Naught venture naught have.

Source: October's Abstract.
-- Thomas Tusser, ( ...

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Nicolas Chamfort: People are governed...

Nicolas Chamfort: People are governed...

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

Source:...

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Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

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Harold Pinter: One way of...

Harold Pinter: One way of...

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

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