Famous quotes by Authors

"Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established"

John Cotton Dana, Author

"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character"

Clarence Day, Author

"Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds"

John Henrik Clarke, Author

"The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"I love to sing. I'm a soprano"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young"

Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Author

"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s, when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"Your destiny is in your hands. Creating the life you want is only, and always, up to you"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing"

Clarence Day, Author

"A truly strong person does not need the approval of others, any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep"

Vernon Howard, Author

"Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!"

Phyllis McGinley, Author

"Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience"

Clarence Day, Author

"If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any"

Clarence Day, Author

"A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations"

William Feather, Author

"Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from"

Vernon Howard, Author

"A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them"

Vernon Howard, Author

"You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own"

Clarence Day, Author

"You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need"

Vernon Howard, Author

"Study carefully the law of cause and effect"

Vernon Howard, Author

"Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon"

Adam Osborne, Author

"A book that furnishes no quotations is no book - it is a plaything"

Thomas Love Peacock, Author

"Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled"

Michael Crichton, Author

"We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility"

Judith Martin, Author

"The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest"

Steven Brust, Author

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