Random Quotes

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

John Bright British Politician

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Benjamin Franklin American Politician

I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

Michael Lewis

Though we explore in a culturally-conditioned way, the reality we sketch is universal.

John Charles Polanyi Canadian Scientist

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

Clive Owen English Actor

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.

Katherine Anne Porter American Journalist

If my life was a song it would be, 'It ain't that easy being green' from Sesame Street.

Jacob Lusk American Musician

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.

Marian Wright Edelman American Activist

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

Will Rogers American Actor

If the administration wants cooperation, it will have to begin to move in our direction.

Mitch McConnell American Politician

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Jonas Salk American Scientist

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

Jenifer Lewis American Actress

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet

Another way to lose control is to ignore something when you should address it.

Jim Evans American Athlete

So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue.

Mitchell Reiss American Diplomat

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

Bill Hybels American Clergyman

One of the things that Africa needs, everybody seems to agree, is some measure of debt relief.

Gwen Ifill American Journalist

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

Dick Bruna Artist

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

Tracy Kidder American Author

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

Bob Inglis American Politician