Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Authors by Name: 'Z':

Frank Zappa (12)

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Emil Zatopek (6)

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

Mao Zedong (12)

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

Zhuangzi (6)

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.

Florenz Ziegfeld (2)

Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.

Emile Zola (6)

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Stefan Zweig (2)

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 other wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

22 other wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 views from Honore de Balzac

53 views from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 wisdom & wit from Isadora Duncan

5 wisdom & wit from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher