Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. Ernest Hemingway on risk
To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. Ernest Hemingway on success
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. Ernest Hemingway on war
It matters not how straight the gate How charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul. William E. Henley on destiny
Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. William E. Henley on pleasure
Give me Liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry on liberty
Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to know about beautiful women. Katherine Hepburn on beauty
Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age. Katherine Hepburn on bore
Greater dooms win greater destinies. Heraclitus on adversity
Everything flows; nothing remains. Heraclitus on change
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears. Heraclitus on eye
Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus on knowledge
Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things. Heraclitus on marriage
Skill and confidence are an unconquered ar George Herbert on ability
Valor that parleys is near yielding. George Herbert on valor
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. Roger Babson on character
You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational George Herman on art