I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. Abigail Adams, letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
US wife of John Adams 1764 (1744 - 1818) The trouble in corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), then travel the same road every day to another box (their office). Faith Popcorn, The Popcorn Report, 1991 The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964
US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 - 1982) A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats. Marie De France, 12th Century To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains. Mary Pettibone Poole, A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, 1938 He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful. Dame Rose Macaulay, Crewe Train, 1926
English novelist (1881 - 1958) Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. Kathleen Norris, Hands Full of Living, 1931 The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. Ivy Baker Priest, in Parade, 1958 Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did. Lillian Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, 1969
US dramatist (1905 - 1984) A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. Saki, "The Square Egg", 1924
British (Burman-born) short story author (1870 - 1916) | 
