Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C. S. Lewis
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then dont write, because our culture has no use for it. – Anais Nin
The only man we have any respect for is the man who uses all the endowment he has, and uses it until he bleeds. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) [Preceding Fischerisms entry — Karl Lu
In todays world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate – and even thrive – in an environmentally-friendly manner. – Olympia Snowe
Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. – Thomas Francis Meagher