I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can write a book.

Quote by Arnold Toynbee

Topics: Writing Quotes

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things:...

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things:...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

Happiness is a choice, make it yours.

Happiness is a choice, make it yours.

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice,...

I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice,...

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will...

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will...

There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without...

There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without...

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

We all should choose our friends carefully. I used to think that no one could...

We all should choose our friends carefully. I used to think that no one could...

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair,...

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair,...

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.