Jodie Foster
“I think an artist’s responsibility is more complex than people realize.”
Year: 2009
Ansel Adams
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
Friedrich Schiller
“Nothing leads to good that is not natural.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau
“You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.”
Emo Philips
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”
Milton Friedman
“Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.”
Doris Lessing
“Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.”
Demosthenes
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”
Anonymous
“Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.” Anonymous quotes
Joe Theismann
“Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.” Joe Theismann quotes
Gallagher
“Don’t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work.” Gallagher quotes
Henry Stimson
“The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.” Henry Stimson quotes
Rita Mae Brown
“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.” Rita Mae Brown quotes
Charles Bukowski
“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t …
Heather Armstrong
“Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it’s so hurtful to think about writing.” Heather Armstrong quotes
Bob Thaves
“Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.” Bob Thaves quotes
Alexis Carrel
“To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to …
John Dryden
“None are so busy as the fool and knave.” John Dryden quotes
Alice Thomas Ellis
“There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.” Alice Thomas Ellis quotes
Alan Moore
“Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.” …
Holbrook Jackson
“Be contented when you have got all you want.” Holbrook Jackson quotes
Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine
“Here’s a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can’t touch you if you’re out doing something interesting.” Kent Nichols …
Charles Baudelaire
“The world only goes round by misunderstanding.” Charles Baudelaire quotes
Emo Phillips
“I was the kid next door’s imaginary friend.” Emo Phillips quotes
Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
“Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.” Dr. Martin Henry Fischer quotes
James Beard
“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” James Beard quotes
Charles Dickens
“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.” Charles Dickens quotes
Kanye West
“In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you …
Madonna
“That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, …
Harold Ross
“If you can’t be funny, be interesting.” Harold Ross quotes
Brock Chisholm
“You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.” Brock Chisholm quotes
Clifton Fadiman
“For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.” Clifton Fadiman quotes
G. M. Trevelyan
“Education… has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.” G. M. Trevelyan quotes
Robert Benchley
“A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.” Robert Benchley quotes
G. K. Chesterton
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” G. K. Chesterton quotes
Jason Fried
“You don’t need to outdo the competition. It’s expensive and defensive. Underdo your competition. We need more simplicity and clarity.” Jason Fried quotes
May Sarton
“There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that is not to be able to give one’s gifts to those one loves …
Franklin P. Jones
“Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success – yours or his.” Franklin P. Jones quotes
R. Buckminster Fuller
“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if …