Quotes by Reed, Thomas Brackett

They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human >>

Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which >>

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a ba >>

Quotations about Precedents

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once >>

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an >>

To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- >>

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

Reed, Thomas Brackett