Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page
|
Quotation Search
To search for quotations, enter a phrase to search for in the quotation, a whole or partial
author name, or both. Also specify the collections to search in below. See the
Search Instructions for details.
- The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions. July, 1934
- I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.
- Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
- In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
- The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
- William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
- Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
- John le Carre (1931 - ), "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy", The New York Times, May 8, 1974
- I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.
- Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
- Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Hocus Pocus
- I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
- Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking
- He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
- I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.
- Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), State of Fear
|