Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“I write - poignantly, in the most heartfelt way - about how I miss her and how I detest my life in… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
Government means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty. Government is a guarantor of liberty and is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I had a fan who had a fictional relationship with me. She wrote letters to me and then wrote return letters to… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
American culture is one that is so easily in denial. We have such a strange dichotomy, so hypocritical. The truth can be… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
“Sweet hour, blessed hour, to carry me to you, and to bring you back to me, long enough to snatch one kiss,… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. The boys have gone hog-wild… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
A friend is one who withholds judgment no matter how long you have his unanswered letter. — Sophie Irene Loeb Copy Share Image
The exercise of letters is sometimes linked to the ambition to construct an absolute book, a book of books that includes the… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Did that hurt? On your lip?" "Not too much. I said a few choice four-letter words, though. — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
Maybe we all need to leave our children with a value legacy, and not a financial one. A value for things with… — Lakshmi Pratury Copy Share Image
Three letters send a chill down the spine of the enemy: SAS. Those letters spell out one clear message. Don't mess with… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
There are geniuses in trade as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
In America one of the first things done in a new State is to make the post go there; in the forests… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not being out… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
Maybe you saw her first? Caught a glimpse between the lines, between the letters, like a ghost in the mirror, a ghost… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you. Each one a line or two: "I'm fine, baby. How are… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney has a fund-raiser. He's going to get in the ring and fight Evander Holyfield. This is the dumbest thing Republicans… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
In order to dream so far, is it enough to read? Isn't it necessary to write? Write as in our schoolboy past,… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
