Sunday, November 15, 2009

George Eliot

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry." - George Eliot

Sir Francis Bacon

"As for the possibility, they are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea" - Sir Francis Bacon

Victor Hugo

"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor." - Victor Hugo

Niels Bohr

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr

Tennessee Williams

"I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really." - Tennessee Williams (American Playwright)

E. M. Forster

"Let yourself go. Pull out from the depth those thoughts that you do not understand and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them." - E. M. Forster (English Novelist)

John Andrew Holmes

"Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both." - John Andrew Holmes

Unknown

"A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't." - Unknown