Brendan Gill Famous Quotes
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill Quotations
"There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough."
Irwin Shaw
Engineering is the art of organizing and directing men and controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race.
Henry G Stott
"One mind awake can awaken another, The second awake can awaken their next door brother. Three awake can awaken the town By turning the whole place upside down. Many awake can make such a fuss That they finally awaken the rest of us."
Helen Kromer
Ask advice only of your equals.
Danish proverb
"Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes."
Lewis Grizzard
"The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest."
Conan Doyle
We don't stop playing because we grow old we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.
Louis Kronenberger
"We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion."
T S Eliot
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
Edward Gibbon