Quotes by Writers

Thank you for listening. Thank you for abiding me. And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I bid you goodbye and take my leave. Frank Deford

Me You Listening Girl Thank You Abide Take Goodbye Bid Gentlemen Boy Leave Boys And Girls Thank Ladies Children Ages Now

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Frank Herbert

Truth Respect Morality Close Being Basis

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual. Frank Herbert

Government You Wise Will Master Sense Think Despot Despotic His Subjects Create Certain Your Popular Therefore Helpless Among

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker. Frank Herbert

You Enemies Stronger Weaker Allies Make

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. Garrison Keillor

Christmas Together About Compulsory Through Thunderstorm Like Go Lovely Thing

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build. Gene Luen Yang

You Creativity Build Research Gathering Input Material Which Requires

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Woman Intelligence Find Intuition Support Reasons Uses Her

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Sometimes Rich Badly Always Governed Being Poor

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. Gilbert K. Chesterton

You Win Will Long Lose Think Determines Until How

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Mind Mouth Solid Object Something Opening Again Shut

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Temperament Amateur Afflicts Disease Artistic

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. H. L. Mencken

School Evil Sunday Parents Prison Penance Sunday School Children Which Conscience

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. H. L. Mencken

Rights World Value Men Privileges

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? H. L. Mencken

Funny Marriage Wonderful Live Would Institution Want Who

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse. H. L. Mencken

Man Woman Weapon Temptation Excuse

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. H. L. Mencken

Decency Overestimate Human Race Human Race

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant. Harlan Ellison

You Entitled No-One Opinion Informed Ignorant Your

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative. Harry Browne

You Yourself Important Own Concentrate Important Thing Your Initiative Thing