The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Quote by Christopher Morley

Topics: Mind Quotes, Thinking Quotes

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...