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Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
As one boy said, 'I was thinking all these horrible thoughts about my parents when suddenly it hit me-if they're all that bad, how come… — Mark Twain
When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of… — Sakya Pandita
As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is… — Salvatore Quasimodo
She was not, herself, hugely in favour of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult. Even cats managed it. But… — Terry Pratchett
Haven't you got any romance in your soul?" said Magrat plaintively. "No," said Granny. "I ain't. And stars don't care what you wish, and magic… — Terry Pratchett
It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he cried, and called… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
But a man's best friend is the one who not only wishes him well but wishes it for his own sake (even though nobody will… — Aristotle
When the Man waked up he said, 'What is Wild Dog doing here?' And the Woman said, 'His name is not Wild Dog any more,… — Rudyard Kipling
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar… — Michel de Montaigne
God must have said, "I know what I'll do, I'll send my Love right down there where they are. And I'll send it as a… — Gloria Gaither
It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government. — Thomas Jefferson
I just feel that when all is said and done, I am not insane. — Steven Morrissey
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the… — Jonathan Swift
There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a solicitor in the… — Frank O'Connor
Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've… — Ted Solotaroff
He said, "You have pigs in this poem; pigs are not poetic." I got up and walked out of that class and never went back. — Carolyn Kizer
It is what people actually did in the stock market that counted - not what they said they were going to do. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow. — Jonathan Swift
I was so ugly that my parents sent my picture to 'ripley's believe it or not' - they sent it back and said, "we don't… — Joan Rivers
When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs.… — Doris Roberts
I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the… — Robert Muller
Aw, I feel bad if [Taylor] was upset. I am a feminist, and she is a young and talented girl. That being said, I do… — Amy Poehler
I took a page from [the playwright] Wendy Wasserstein's book. She said 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.' — Sarah Jessica Parker
The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man. — Virginia Woolf

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