Jul 2, 2010
Quotes by Rene Descartes
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues".
Quotes by Thomas Dekker
"The best of men, that e'ere wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit. The first true gentleman that ever breathed".
Quotes by Dalai Lama
"It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practise the virtues of compassion and tolerance".
Quotes by Quentin Crisp
"Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to ... Read More
May 5, 2010
Quotes by Henry Fielding
'A newspaper, which consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not...may, likewise, be compared to a stagecoach, which performs constantly the same course, empty as well as full'.
Quotes by Harold Evans
"A headline is not an act of journalism, it is an act of marketing".
Quotes by Thomas Stearns Eliot
"[Television] is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet ... Read More
Feb 15, 2010
Quotes by Cyrill Connolly
"Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out".
Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink: Water, water, everywhere. Nor any drop to drink".
Quotes by Irvin Cobb
"[On "corn licker"] It smells like gangrene starting in a mildewed silo, it tastes like the wrath to come, and when you absorb a deep swig of it you have all the sensations of having swallowed a lighted kerosene lamp".
Quotes by Gilbert ... Read More