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Charles M. Schwab




In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
Charles de Montesq




An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
Clive Barnes




Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.
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Caius Petronius, R




We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.
Caldwell O'Keefe




I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.
Caleb Carr




So if it seems that some of what I'll have to say in the pages to come doesn't reflect the mellowing of age, that's only because I've never found that life and memories respond to time the way that tobacco does.
California Civil C




#3530. That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist.
California Civil C




#3546. Things happen according to the ordinary course of nature and the ordinary habits of life.
California Civil C




#3547. A thing continues to exist as long as is usual with things of that nature.
California Civil C




#1597. Everything is deemed possible except that which is impossible in the nature of things.
Calvin & Hobbes




Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.
Calvin Coolidge




Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
Calvin Coolidge




Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.
Calvin Coolidge




Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than an unsuccessful man with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge




Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge




All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
Calvin Coolidge




No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Calvin Coolidge




Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
Calvin Coolidge




There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
Calvin Coolidge




Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge




If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Calvin Coolidge




Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
Calvin Coolidge




I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them.
Calvin Coolidge




Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge or




Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard--you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!
Calvin Coolidge, i




There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
Calvin Miller, The




Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.
Calvin S. Hall




Effective thinking consists of being able to arrive at the truth truth being defined as that which exists.
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