Quotes

Quotes about Letters

Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.

Alexander Pope

And oft the pangs of absence to remove By letters, soft interpreters of love.

Matthew Prior

A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.

Ben Jonson

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Walt Whitman

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.

Thomas Henry Huxley

I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher. He said, 'Dave Wehrmeister's got 11 letters. Is that a big enough name for you ?' (White Sox owner)

Eddie Eichorn