Famous quotes by Authors

"A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else"

John Galsworthy, Author

John Galsworthy

"Constant repetition carries conviction"

Robert Collier, Author

Robert Collier

"Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children"

Sam Levenson, Author

"Translation is at best an echo"

George Borrow, Author

"I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma"

L. Frank Baum, Author

"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless"

Sophocles, Author

Sophocles

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Let us live so that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones"

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God, do you learn"

C. S. Lewis, Author

C. S. Lewis

"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason"

C. S. Lewis, Author

C. S. Lewis

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives"

C. S. Lewis, Author

C. S. Lewis

"Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia"

Judith Viorst, Author

Judith Viorst

"Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there"

Judith Viorst, Author

Judith Viorst

"Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces"

Judith Viorst, Author

Judith Viorst

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"Our true nationality is mankind"

H.G. Wells, Author

H.G. Wells

"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft"

H.G. Wells, Author

H.G. Wells

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