“Once the mind has been stretched by a new idea, it will never again return to its original size.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
“Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
“We are very quiet there, but it is the quiet of a storm centre.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
“The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)