I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible. -Bertrand Russell
I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible. -Bertrand Russell
Category: Quotes of the day
Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To betray you must first belong. -Harold Philby
To betray you must first belong. -Harold Philby
Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion. -Arabian Proverb
Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion. -Arabian Proverb
To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text. -Henry James
To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text. -Henry James
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so you apologize for truth. -Benjamin Disraeli
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so you apologize for truth. -Benjamin Disraeli
Work keeps at bay, three great evils — boredom, vice and need. -Voltaire
Work keeps at bay, three great evils — boredom, vice and need. -Voltaire
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others. -Niccolo Machiavelli
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others. -Niccolo Machiavelli
Mary Stuart
In my end is my beginning. Mary Stuart quotes
Bernie Zilbergeld
The Chinese pianist Liu Chi Kung was imprisoned for seven years during the Cultural Revolution, during which time he had no access to a piano. …
Tobias G. Smollett
Glory is the child of peril. Tobias G. Smollett quotes
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Berthold Auerbach
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Berthold Auerbach
Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it? -George Eliot
Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it? -George Eliot
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
C. Wright Mills
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic …
Linda Grant
The legacy of women’s war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand for a technologically advanced, de-skilled, …
Our lives teach us who we are. -Salman Rushdie
Our lives teach us who we are. -Salman Rushdie
Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it. -Christopher Morley
Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it. -Christopher Morley
I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign. -Mae West
I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign. -Mae West
Inside every man there is a poet who died young. -Stephan Kanfer
Inside every man there is a poet who died young. -Stephan Kanfer
Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result. -Robert Green Ingersoll
Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result. -Robert Green Ingersoll
Barbara Walters
If we could harness the destructive energy of disagreements over politics, we wouldn’t need the bomb. Barbara Walters quotes
H. R. Haweis
Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings. H. R. Haweis quotes
Lou Dorfsman
Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to …
Somebody once said that Washington was a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency. -John F. Kennedy
Somebody once said that Washington was a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency. -John F. Kennedy
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. -Evelyn Waugh
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. -Evelyn Waugh
"It doesn’t make sense that a barber doesn’t have to pay it, and a grocer does." – Stephen Moore
“It doesn’t make sense that a barber doesn’t have to pay it, and a grocer does.” – Stephen Moore
I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate. -Vincent Van Gogh
I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate. -Vincent Van Gogh
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, How will I get off? -Joan Manley
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, How will I get off? -Joan Manley
A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. -Henry Ford
A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. -Henry Ford
Are we controlled by our thoughts, or are we controlling our thoughts? -Raymond Holliwell
Are we controlled by our thoughts, or are we controlling our thoughts? -Raymond Holliwell
We can only change the world by changing men. -Charles Wells
We can only change the world by changing men. -Charles Wells
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts. -Voltaire
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts. -Voltaire
Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race. -Henry Miller
Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race. -Henry Miller
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. -Friedrich Nietzsche
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. -Friedrich Nietzsche
If I have seen further… it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. -Sir Isaac Newton
If I have seen further… it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. -Sir Isaac Newton
Who’s not sat tense before his own heart’s curtain. -Rainer Maria Rilke
Who’s not sat tense before his own heart’s curtain. -Rainer Maria Rilke
It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference. -Zig Ziglar
It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference. -Zig Ziglar