Wainwright, John : There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. (John Wainwright, AKA Jack Ripley, British columnist and crime novelist of 83 books, 1921-1995)

Wales, Jimmy : Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. (Jimmy Wales, Internet entrepreneur and the co-founder of Wikipedia, the online non-profit encyclopedia, Born 1966)

Wales, Jimmy : Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. (Anton Chekhov, Russian physician, short-story writer, and dramatist, 1860-1904Knowledge: Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. (Jimmy Wales, Internet entrepreneur and the co-founder of Wikipedia, the online non-profit encyclopedia, Born 1966)

Walker, Alice Malsenior : Keep in mind always the present you are constructing. It should be the future you want (Alice Malsenior Walker, U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944)

Walker, Alice Malsenior : The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any (Alice Malsenior Walker, U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944)

Walker, Alice Malsenior : The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. (Alice Malsenior Walker, U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944)

Walker, Alice Malsenior : The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. (Alice Malsenior Walker, U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944)

Wallace, William Rose : For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. (William Rose Wallace, U.S. poet, 1819-1881)

Wallace, Mike : Motivation triggers luck. (Mike Wallace, U.S. journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality, 1918-2012)

Waller, Edmund : Vexed sailors curse the rain for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. (Edmund Waller, English poet and politician, 1606-1687)

Walpole, Horace : People are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit and seldom draw to their full extent. (Horace Walpole, English novelist and art historian,1717-1797)

Walsch, Neale Donald : Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. (Neale Donald Walsch, U.S. author, author, actor, screenwriter, and speaker, Born 1943)

Ward, William A. : The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; but the realist adjusts the sails. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or . . . build with them. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; but the realist adjusts the sails. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Ward, William A. : Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

Warner, Charles Dudley : It is only fools who keep straining at high C all their lives. (Charles Dudley Warner, U.S. essayist and novelist, 1820-1900)

Warren, Earl : I always turn to the sports page first which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but people's failures. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

Warren, Earl : I always turn to the sports page first which records people�s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but people�s failures. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

Warren, Earl : Many people consider the things government does for them to be Social Progress, but theregard the things government does for others as Socialism. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

Warren, Earl : Many people consider the things government does for them to be Social Progress, but theregard the things government does for others as Socialism. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

Warren, Earl : If only I could so live and so serve the world that after me there should never again be birds in cages. (Isak Dinesen - pen name of Karen Blixen - Danish author, 1885-1962Entitlement: Many people consider the things government does for them to be Social Progress, but theregard the things government does for others as Socialism. (Earl Warren, U.S. Chief Justice and governor of California, 1891-1974Socialism: Many people consider the things government does for them to be Social Progress, but theregard the things government does for others as Socialism. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

Warren, Robert Penn : For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. (Robert Penn Warren, U.S. poet, novelist, literary critic, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, 1905-1989)

Warwick, Sally : Skin is the largest organ of the human body. (Sally Warwick, U.S. physical therapist, Born 1938)

Washington, George : To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. (George Washington, U.S. statesman, military leader, and one of the Founders of the U.S. who also served as the first President of the United States, 1732-1799)

Washington, Booker T. : Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome trying to succeed. (Booker T. Washington, U.S. educator, author, orator, advisor to presidents of the United States, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915)

Washington, George : Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise. (George Washington, U.S. statesman, military leader, and one of the Founders of the U.S. who also served as the first President of the United States, 1732-1799)

Washington, George : Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone. (George Washington, U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799)

Washington, George : Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. (George Washington, U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799)

Washington, Booker T. : If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. (Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915)

Watts, Isaac : How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour,And gather honey all the day from every opening flower. (Isaac Watts, English Christian minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician, 1674-1748)

Watts, Alan : The attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. (Alan Watts, British philosopher, best known as an interpreter of Eastern philosophy, 1915-1973)

Watts, Alan : I would suggest that today, we know about as much concerning the human mind as we knew about the galaxy in 1300. (Alan Watts, British philosopher, best known as an interpreter of Eastern philosophy, 1915-1973)

Watts, Alan : Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is. (Alan Watts, British philosopher who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. 1915-1973)

Waugh, Evelyn : It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. (Evelyn Waugh, English writer of novels, travel books, and biographies, 1903-1966)

Webster, Noah : Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God. (Noah Webster, Jr., U.S. lexicographer and English-language spelling reformer, 1758-1843)

Webster, Daniel : When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. (Daniel Webster, U.S. politician who served as Secretary of State, 1782-1852)

Webster, Daniel : Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. (Daniel Webster, U.S. politician who served as Secretary of State, 1782-1852)

Webster, Noah : Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground. (Noah Webster, Jr., U.S. lexicographer and English-language spelling reformer, 1758-1843)

Webster, Daniel : There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession. (Daniel Webster, U.S. politician who served as Secretary of State, 1782-1852)

Webster, Daniel : Farmers . . . are the founders of civilization. (Daniel Webster, U.S. politician who served as Secretary of State, 1782-1852)

Weekley, Ernest : Stability in language is synonymous with rigor mortis. (Ernest Weekley, British lexicographer and etymologist, 1865-1954)

Weil, Simone : Pain is the root of knowledge. (Simone Weil, French philosopher and political activist for the working class, 1909=1943)

Weinreich, Max : A language is a dialect that has an army and a navy. (Max Weinreich, Yiddish linguist and author, 1894-1969)

Weller, Francis Ward : The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other. (Francis Ward Weller, U.S. author of children's books)

Wells, H.G. : Our true nationality is mankind. (H.G. Wells, English writer in many genres, but is now best remembered as a “father of science fiction,” 1866-1946)

Wells, Carolyn : Happiness is the ability to recognize it. (Carolyn Wells, U.S. writer and poet, 1862-1942)

Wellstone, Paul : We all do better when we all do better. (Paul Wellstone, U.S. academic and politician, 1944-2002)

Wesley, John : Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason. (John Wesley, English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism, 1703-1791)

West, Mae : Sex is an emotion in motion. (Mae West, U.S. actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol, 1893-1980)

West, Cornel : To engage in serious discussion of race in America, we must begin not with the problems of people of color, but with the flaws of American society-flaws rested in historic inequalities and stereotypes. (Cornel West, U.S. philosopher, political activist, social critic, and author, Born 1953)

West, Rebecca : I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or prostitute. (Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983)

West, Rebecca : I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. (Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983)

West, Rebecca : I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. (Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983)

West, Rebecca : I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. (Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983)

West, Cornel : The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people. (Cornel West, U.S. philosopher, political activist, social critic, and author, Born 1953)

West, Rebecca : I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. (Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983)

Whately, Richard : Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it. (Richard Whately, English rhetorician, logician, economist, academic and theologian, 1787-1863)

White, E.B. : Hard writing is easy reading; easy writing is hard reading. (E.B. White, U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children’s book, Charlotte’s Web, 1899-1985)

White, E.B. : I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. (E.B. White, U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children’s book, Charlotte’s Web, 1899-1985)

White, William Allen : Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. (William Allen White, newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement, 1868-1944)

White, William Allen : America - the best poor man's country in the world. (William Allen White, newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement, 1868-1944)

White, E.B. : I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. (E.B. White, U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children’s book, Charlotte’s Web, 1899-1985)

Whitehead, Alfred North : The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. (Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947)

Whitehead, Alfred North : The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. (Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947)

Whitehead, Alfred North : The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. (Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947)

Whitehead, Alfred North : Morality is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike. (Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947)

Whiteman, Paul : Jazz came to America 300 years ago in chains. (Paul Whiteman, bandleader, composer, and orchestral director, often referred to as the King of Jazz, 1890-1967)

Whitman, Walt : I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. (Walt Whitman, U.S. essayist, journalist,and poet, known as the Father of Free Verse, 1819-1992)

Whitman, Walt : The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. (Walt Whitman, U.S. essayist, journalist,and poet, known as the Father of Free Verse, 1819-1992)

Whitman, Walt : I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. (Walt Whitman, U.S. essayist, journalist,and poet, known as the Father of Free Verse, 1819-1992)

Whitman, Walt : I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. (Walt Whitman, U.S. essayist, journalist,and poet, known as the Father of Free Verse, 1819-1992)

Whittier, John Greenleaf : For of all sad words of tongues or pen the saddest are these: It might have been. (John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S. Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-1892)

Whittier, John Greenleaf : Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew. (John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S. Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-1892)

Whyte, David : All friendships of any length are based on a continual, mutual forgiveness; without tolerance and mercy, all friendships die. (David Whyte, English poet, Born 1955)

Wiesel, Elie : Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

Wiesel, Elie : There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

Wiesel, Elie : Most people think that shadows follow, precede, or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses, and memories. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

Wiesel, Elie : Most people think that shadows follow, precede, or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

Wiesel, Elie : Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born U.S. Holocaust survivor, political activist, writer, and Nobel Laureate, 1928-2016)

Wiesel, Elie : In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

Wiesel, Elie : Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Frederick B. : You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. (Frederick B. Wilcox, U.S. businessman and author)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : And from the discontent of man the world's best progress springs. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, U.S. author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, U.S. author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : There are two kinds of people on earth — the people who lift and the people who lean. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, U..S. author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler : All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese poet and artist, 1883-1931Silence - Protest: To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (Ella Wheeler, U.S. Wilcox, poet, 1850-1919Cowardice: To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919)

Wilde, Oscar : Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : A word in earnest is as good as a speech. (Charles Dickens, U.S. novelist, 1812-1870Protest: Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. (Jose Marti, Cuban revolutionary and poet, 1853-1895Abuse: I and the public know. / What all schoolchildren learn. / Those to whom evil is done. / Do evil in return. (W.H. Auden, English-American poet, 1907-1973Self-Identity: Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Every saint has a past and every sinner a future. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : True friends stab you in the front. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Women are made to be loved, not understood. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Everyone should keep someone else’s diary. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do — the day after. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : It is the confession, not the priest that give us absolution. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to b faithless and cannot. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : The books that the world calls immoral books are books that show the world its own shame. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : To have been well brought up is a great drawback nowadays. It shuts one out from so much. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : To know everything about oneself one must know all about others. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilde, Oscar : Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)

Wilder, Thornton : Many plays, certainly mine, are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. (Thornton Wilder, U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975)

Wilder, Thornton : If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good. (Thornton Wilder, U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls : Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. (Laura Ingalls Wilder, U.S. novelist, 1867-1957)

Wilder, Thornton : Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. (Thornton Wilder, U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975)

Wilhelm, German Friedrich : Who has not for the sake of his reputation sacrificed himself? (German Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher, 1844-1900)

Wilkie, Wendell L. : Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy. (Wendell L. Wilkie, U.S. lawyer, politician, and corporate executive, 1892-1944)

Williams, Tennessee : All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. (Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright, 1911-1983)

Williams, Betty : I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging. (Betty Williams, Irish peace activist, Nobel laureate , Born 1943)

Williams, Tennessee : We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. (Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 1911-1983)

Wilmot, John : Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. (John Wilmot, English Earl and poet, 1647-1680)

Wilson, Flip : You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. (Flip Wilson, U.S. comedian, actor, and host of his television series, for which he earned a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards, 1933-1998)

Wilson, Colin : A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. (Colin Wilson, English writer, philosopher and novelist, 1931-2013)

Wilson, Oliver : What poison is to food, self-pity is to life. (Oliver Wilson, English professional golfer, Born 1980)

Wilson, Edmund : No two persons ever read the same book. (Edmund Wilson, U.S. writer and critic who explored Freudianand Marxist themes, 1895-1972)

Wilson, E.O. : If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology. (E.O. Wilson, U.S. biologist, researcher, and theorist, Born 1929)

Wilson, Woodrow : The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. (Woodrow Wilson, U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924)

Wilson, Edmund : No two persons ever read the same book. (Edmund Wilson, U.S. writer and critic who explored Freudianand Marxist themes, 1895-1972)

Wilson, Woodrow : Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. (Woodrow Wilson, U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924)

Winkler, Henry : Assumptions are the termites of relationships. (Henry Winkler, U.S. actor, director, comedian, producer, and author, Born 1945)

Winsor, Kathleen : Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful. (Kathleen Winsor, U.S. author who is best known for her first historical book, Forever Amber, a racy novel, that became a runaway bestseller even as it drew criticism from some authorities for its depictions of sexuality, 1919-2003)

Winters, Jonathan : If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. (Jonathan Winters, U.S. comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist, 1925-2013)

Wittgenstein, Ludwig : The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951)

Wodehouse, P.G. : The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. (P.G. Wodehouse, English novelist and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century, 1881-1975)

Wolfe, Tom : A cult is a religion with no political power. (Tom Wolfe, Jr., U.S. author and journalist, Born 1931)

Wolfenden, John : Schoolmasters and parents exist to be grown out of. (John Wolfenden, British educationalist who supported the decriminalization of homosexuality, 1906-1985)

Wolff, Virginia : Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. (Virginia Wolff, English modernist writer, 1882-1941)

Wolff, Virginia : Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. (Virginia Wolff, English modernist writer, 1882-1941)

Wolff, Ruth : The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any. (Ruth Wolff, U.S. playwright and screenwriter, 1927-2016)

Wolpe, David : Faith is not knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater than us. (David Wolpe, U.S. Jewish rabbi Named the most influential rabbi in the U.S. by Newsweek Magazine and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post, Born 1958)

Wolpe, David : The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in. (David Wolpe, U.S. Jewish rabbi, named the most influential rabbi in the U.S. by Newsweek Magazine and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post, Born 1958)

Wooden, John : Winning a game has never been my standard of success; rather, it's the sense of satisfaction when I've done the best of my capability. (John Wooden, U.S. basketball coach who at UCLA held an unprecedented record of NCAA national championships, 1910-2010)

Wordsworth, William : We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. (William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850)

Wordsworth, William : Faith is a passionate intuition. (William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850)

Wordsworth, William : The child is father of the man. (William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850)

Wotton, Henry : An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. (Henry Wotton, English author, diplomat, and politician, 1568-1639)

Wotton, Henry : Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. (Henry Wotton, English author, diplomat, and politician, 1568-1639)

Wright, Camron : Poetry came before reading and writing. (Camron Wright, U.S. author)

Wright, Camron : Before reading and writing was poetry. (Camron Wright, U.S. author)

Wright, Frank Lloyd : To define it is to confine it. (Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959)

Wright, Frank Lloyd : I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. (Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959)

Wright, Frank Lloyd : I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. (Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959)

Wright, Frank Lloyd : No house should ever be on a hill, or on anything. It should be of the hill. Hill and house should live together, each the happier for the other. (Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959)

Writer, French : Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn. (French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms, 1741-1794)