Common sense in so far as it exists is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.
George Jean NathanIt is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics that action and reaction are equal and opposite that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.
Gertrude SteinOne of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
E. M. ForsterToday's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
Gore VidalIt is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
W. Somerset MaughamThis has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
Bette DavisI have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.
Woodrow WilsonLive not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow, make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
Marcus AureliusMechanical excellence is the only vehicle of genius.
William BlakeThe search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
Eric Hoffer