Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Authors by Name: E

Charles Eames (5)

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Charles Eastman (5)

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

Max Eastman (7)

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Meister Eckhart (11)

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.

Sherwood Eddy (3)

Faith is not contrary to reason.

Mary Baker Eddy (8)

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.

Thomas A. Edison (23)

To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.

Charles Edison (2)

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.

Jonathan Edwards (3)

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

Monica Edwards (2)

We are in an electronic technology age now and it's about time we put away the old stuff.

Tryon Edwards (8)

To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.

Albert Einstein (105)

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower (33)

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Alfred Eisenstaedt (2)

I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many the camera alone would be enough.

George Eliot (52)

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

T. S. Eliot (23)

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

Black Elk (5)

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

Duke Ellington (6)

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.

Jim Elliot (5)

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

Havelock Ellis (16)

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Ralph Ellison (2)

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (135)

All diseases run into one, old age.

Friedrich Engels (2)

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Paul Engle (2)

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Desiderius Erasmus (15)

The desire to write grows with writing.

Evan Esar (6)

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

M. C. Escher (2)

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

Richard L. Evans (3)

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Edward Everett (2)

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Medgar Evers (2)

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.