Knock the “t” off the “can’t”.
—George Reeves (American Actor)
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is—it is her shadow.
—Philip James Bailey (English Poet)
A man’s most open actions have a secret side to them.
—Joseph Conrad (Polish-born British Novelist)
Journalism consists largely in saying “Lord James is dead” to people who never knew Lord James was alive.
—G. K. Chesterton (English Journalist)
Success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance.
—Charles William Wendte (American Minister)
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
—Joseph Campbell (American Author)
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.
—Bernard Mandeville (British Writer)
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
—Ask Ann Landers (American Advice Columnist)
Courage is acting in spite of fear.
—Howard W. Hunter (American Mormon Religious Leader)
If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience.
—Woodrow Wilson (American Head of State)
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
—Wallace Stevens (American Poet)
Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.
—An Wang (Chinese-born American Engineer)
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
—Henry David Thoreau (American Philosopher)
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
—Marquis De Condorcet (French Philosopher)