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 great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
- Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845), 1821
- So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.
- Joseph Sobran
- Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
- Eugene Ionesco (1909 - 1994), Decouvertes (1969)
- How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
- Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
- Octavio Paz (1914 - ), The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950)
- Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.
- William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
- When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
- Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.
- Michael Landon (1936 - 1991)
- I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.
- Ian McKellen, Interview on the Today Show, May 2006
|