Quotes on Ambition Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet What parish priest would not like to be Pope? Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher, …
Quotes on Altruism As for doing good, that is one of the professions that are full. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American writer He who would do good to another …
Quotes on Alliances Peace, Commerce and honest friendship with all nations —entangling alliance with none. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American president When bad men combine, the good must associate; else …
Quotes on Aids Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance. Susan Sontag (b. 1933) American essayist I’ve …
Quotes on Aid The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray. R. G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer Help a man against his will and you do …
Quotes on Agreement It is my melancholy fate to like so many people I profoundly disagree with and often heartily dislike people who agree with me. Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) …
Quotes on Agnostics O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my soul, if I have a soul. Joseph Ernest Renan (1823-1892) French writer, critic, scholar I am an …
Quotes on Agents Many artists have admittedly no aptitude for merchantry. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) British novelist It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles …
Quotes on Age: Old Age Have you not a moist eye? a dry hand? a yellow cheek? a white beard? a decreasing leg? an increasing belly? is not your …
Quotes on Age At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement. Henry Grattan (1746-1820) Irish politician The old believe everything; …
