William Manchester Quotes
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a deux. But those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err.
William Manchester
Quotes to Explore
There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
Anton Chekhov
'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of those really, really special songs.
Brandi Carlile
Because of my capacity for listening to strangers' tales, or the details of their lives, my patience with their food and their crotchets, my curiosity that borders on nosiness, I am told that anyone traveling with me experiences an unbelievable tedium, and this is why I choose to travel alone.
Paul Theroux
I'd seen a play of 'Richard III' in Coventry when I was 15, which sowed the seeds that you could act for a living.
Brendan Coyle
What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.
Jami Attenberg
Loneliness is an integral part of travelling. I used to think it was the downside to travelling, but now I realise it is a necessary educative part of it to be embraced.
David Mitchell
Growing up, we never got to see a hero who didn't have superpowers who looked like us, that you could kind of look to and say, 'I could be that guy one day. I could be a patriot. I could be a soldier. I could work in the government and be a hero.'
Corey Hawkins
I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.
Kevin Systrom
You can plan physically to try to win the Tour, but I could never plan for what was going to happen after it.
Bradley Wiggins
The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.
Irving Howe
I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.
Saadat Hasan Manto
The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.
Norman Vincent Peale
