Famous quotes by Authors

"Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"Human history, in essence, is the history of ideas"

H.G. Wells, Author

H.G. Wells

"Beauty is in the heart of the beholder"

H.G. Wells, Author

H.G. Wells

"The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law"

H.G. Wells, Author

H.G. Wells

"You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn't matter which path you take"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'"

Lewis Carroll, Author

Lewis Carroll

"Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces"

Terry Pratchett, Author

Terry Pratchett

"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded"

Terry Pratchett, Author

Terry Pratchett

"Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree"

Terry Pratchett, Author

Terry Pratchett

"Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself"

Terry Pratchett, Author

Terry Pratchett

"It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead"

Kurt Vonnegut, Author

Kurt Vonnegut

"To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon"

Kurt Vonnegut, Author

Kurt Vonnegut

"The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal"

Kurt Vonnegut, Author

Kurt Vonnegut

"To me, a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"While they were saying among themselves, it cannot be done, it was done"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold!"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"Love is like a beautiful flower, which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same"

Helen Keller, Author

Helen Keller

"Without a struggle, there can be no progress"

Frederick Douglass, Author

Frederick Douglass

"We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future"

Frederick Douglass, Author

Frederick Douglass

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress"

Frederick Douglass, Author

Frederick Douglass

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