One Quotes
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
Will DurantWill Durant Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and that to survive we must force ourselves to save at least the skeleton, the scaffolding, the form of civilization.
Primo LeviPrimo Levi I’m probably one of the most competitive people ever.
Kyrie IrvingKyrie Irving I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
HippocratesHippocrates When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.
Alan BennettAlan Bennett School is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
Alan KayAlan Kay One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury.
John BurroughsJohn Burroughs The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
W. Edwards DemingW. Edwards Deming I am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
HippocratesHippocrates This fear is one of the horrors of an author’s life. Where does work come from? What chance, what small episode will start the chain of creation?
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers Being a success in the world, having total control of one’s life, is about being able to take or leave things.
Giles CorenGiles Coren It was a miracle; it was all a miracle: and one ought to have known, from the sufferings of saints, that miracles are horror.
Nadine GordimerNadine Gordimer A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner