WIST Quotations

Lee, Tanith -- Drinking Sapphire Wine, Part 3, ch. 6 [Narrator] (1977)

Dave — Fri, 01 May 2026 22:15:16 +0000

Never respect years, only deeds.

Tanith Lee (1947–2015) British author
Drinking Sapphire Wine, Part 3, ch. 6 [Narrator] (1977)

Jerome, Jerome K. -- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Memory” (1886)

Dave — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:49:35 +0000

It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) English writer, humorist [Jerome Klapka Jerome]
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Memory” (1886)

First published in Home Chimes (1885-09-26).

Antrim, Minna -- Don’ts for Bachelors and Old Maids (1908)

Dave — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:26:44 +0000

Don’t be a man of “Intentions.” The world gives a man credit only for his deeds and, often, not even for them.

Minna Antrim (1861–1950) American epigrammatist, writer
Don’ts for Bachelors and Old Maids (1908)

Kettering, Charles F. -- In “Looking ahead with Boss Ket,” Popular Mechanics (Feb 1935)

Dave — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:52:34 +0000

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American inventor, engineer, researcher, businessman
In “Looking ahead with Boss Ket,” Popular Mechanics (Feb 1935)