Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. – George Orwell Category: Language
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. – Samuel Butler Category: Language
What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Language
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James Category: Language
Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Art
I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. – Henry Ford Category: Business
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. – Alfred North Whitehead Category: Patriot Day
