“Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.” Continue reading
Henry David Thoreau on Success
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Continue reading
An English Professor on Writing
“I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.” Continue reading
Helen Rowland on Life
“The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn’t commit when he had the opportunity.” Continue reading
Alan Turing on Technology
“Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.” Continue reading
James M. Barrie on Work
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” Continue reading
Mark Twain’s Cynical Quote
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Continue reading
Blaise Pascal on Faith
“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” Continue reading
Woodrow Wilson on Equality
“There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.” Continue reading
Herb Caen on the Past
“I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.” Continue reading
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