Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

What a comfort a dull but kindly person is, to be sure, at times! A gr >>

The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort. >>

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. >>

Quotations about Ideas

Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea. >>

We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it f >>

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate >>

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell