Charles Adams

Custom said, 'Get up.' Society said, 'Get up.' Politics said, 'Get up.' The bus driver said, 'Get up.' But you read more

Custom said, 'Get up.' Society said, 'Get up.' Politics said, 'Get up.' The bus driver said, 'Get up.' But you gave her the power to stay seated. She heard your voice.

Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.

Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and read more

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction

As an editor, I've always known that memoirs are selective truth. I don't know that I've ever known anybody who read more

As an editor, I've always known that memoirs are selective truth. I don't know that I've ever known anybody who created things, made them up, so much as I know that people edit their memories. We all do this.

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending read more

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.