Recent Quotes

I get the A Word A Day email each day. One of my favorite parts is the quote at the end. Here are some recent ones:

Life without industry is guilt, industry without art is brutality. -John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. -Henry Miller, novelist (1891-1980)

Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy. -Phil Zimmermann, cryptographer (1954- )