We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. – Abigail Adams
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. – Abigail Adams
Studio press agents make up anything they want to, and reporters go along with it. One flack created the legend that I had been blown up in an air crash during the war, and my face had to be put back together by way of plastic surgery. If it is a bionic face, why didnt they do a better job of it? – Jack Palance