Emerson Quote by Bradford Morrow

“There is no history; there is only biography,” Emerson once wrote.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Perseverance. Force of purpose. Indomitable will. Those traits were once uniquely part of the American DNA. But they’ve been weakening for some time. As…

— Anonymous

Many great ideas need refreshment and deeper analysis. "Freedom," for example, is a great idea but it has become a cliché.

— Philip Kotler

I am addicted to the printed word, and my idea of a good time is a good book.

— Julianne Malveaux

“You have just dined,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is…

— Michael Pollan

“The only way to overcome your fears is to "do the thing you fear," as Emerson wrote, "and the death of fear is certain.”

— Brian Tracy

“Paul’s decision not to avert his eyes from death epitomizes a fortitude we don’t celebrate enough in our death-avoidant culture. His strength was defined…

— Paul Kalanithi

The one word you should forget when you start a new project is the word 'I' - you need to replace that word 'I'…

— Adam Leipzig

Gass once wrote: "Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it." Here is the…

— Dan Simmons

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

— Lukas Foss

“Here is the essence of mankind's creative genius: not the edifices of civilization nor the bang-flash weapons which can end it, but the words…

— Dan Simmons

“Emerson loved the good and his life was a symphony of peace and harmony, Carlyle hated the bad, and his life was a record…

— Anonymous