Life Quotes

As one judge said to another judge: be just. And if you can’t be just, be arbitrary

William S. Burroughs

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

Wendell Berry

We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems.

William S. Burroughs

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Warren G. Bennis

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.

Warren G. Bennis

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the in becoming an integrated person.

Warren G. Bennis

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.

Walter Bagehot

Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse.

William S. Burroughs

Light brings us the news of the Universe.

William Henry Bragg

Magic has big sharp teeth. When it bites, it doesn't nibble. It takes big, bloody chunks. So be very, very careful.

William Blystone

The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.

William Blake

Solitude appeared to me as the only fit state of man.

Walter Benjamin

Rule No. 1 : Never lose money. Rule No. 2 : Never forget Rule No. 1.

Warren Buffett

I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.

Wernher von Braun

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

William Blake

One test result is the worth one-thousand expert opinions.

Werner Von Braun

Nothing cuts as deep and unexpectedly as the illusion of hope.

Wynand de Beer

There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit.

William S. Burroughs

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett

The greatest please in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Walter Bagehot

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Walter Bagehot