Letter Quotes

942 Letter quotes by 752 unique authors

True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter. — Richard Hamming
Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad, 'that makes a… — Arnold Lobel
Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a… — Edward Kennedy
I am convinced that all our attempts to change the letter of the law and to reeducate people have been, and are, merely band-aid solutions… — Ravi Zacharias
Mr Hooke sent, in his next letter [to Sir Isaac Newton] the whole of his Hypothesis, scil that the gravitation was reciprocall to the square… — John Aubrey
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw… — Elbert Hubbard
Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one! — John A. Macdonald
It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel. — Elizabeth Drew
I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new. — Sigmund Freud
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof… — Samuel Johnson
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. — Alexander Hamilton
There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that… — Pat Summerall
I have a letter from a police inspector, retired after some 30 years in rural Derbyshire, alerting me to the potential impact of a total… — Unknown Author
Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! — William Shakespeare
Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the… — Unknown Author
Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K. — J. P. McEvoy
I have gotten everything from a one-page letter written in pencil to a 50-page computer generated masterpiece. — Ron Pearson
Put a chair against the door, and turn the lights down low Write a letter to yourself, no one will ever know — Jann Arden
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope,… — Phillips Brooks
On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I… — Niccolo Paganini
One night when my longing for her was like a fire burning out of control in my heart and my head, I wrote her a… — Stephen King
You wrote me a beautiful letter, I wonder if you meant it to be as beautiful as it was. I think you did; for somehow… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word,… — Michael Kirby
Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife) — Alexander Pushkin

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