Famous quotes by Authors

"You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place"

James Lane Allen, Author

James Lane Allen

"In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty"

Christopher Morley, Author

Christopher Morley

"All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts"

James Lane Allen, Author

James Lane Allen

"You cannot travel within and stand still without"

James Lane Allen, Author

James Lane Allen

"All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim"

Christopher Morley, Author

Christopher Morley

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening"

Gertrude Stein, Author

Gertrude Stein

"Money is always there, but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money"

Gertrude Stein, Author

Gertrude Stein

"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often"

Oliver Herford, Author

Oliver Herford

"The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl"

Dave Barry, Author

Dave Barry

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls"

Joseph Campbell, Author

Joseph Campbell

"There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary"

Dave Barry, Author

Dave Barry

"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter"

Dave Barry, Author

Dave Barry

"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night"

Dave Barry, Author

Dave Barry

"You only live twice: once when you are born, and once when you look death in the face"

Ian Fleming, Author

Ian Fleming

"It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done"

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Friendships are discovered rather than made"

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man"

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"The only paradise is paradise lost"

Marcel Proust, Author

Marcel Proust

"Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself"

Marcel Proust, Author

Marcel Proust

"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up"

A. A. Milne, Author

A. A. Milne

"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places"

A. A. Milne, Author

A. A. Milne

"On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died"

Sam Ewing, Author

Sam Ewing

"Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love"

John Le Carre, Author

John Le Carre

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest"

Thomas More, Author

Thomas More

"It is certain because it is possible"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"Hope is patience with the lamp lit"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"The heart that has truly loved never forgets, but as truly loves on to the close"

Thomas More, Author

Thomas More

"The entire fruit is already present in the seed"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making"

Lillian Smith, Author

Lillian Smith

"The ultimate security is your understanding of reality"

H. Stanley Judd, Author

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