Quote authors in 1896

Authors of 1896

Born or Deceased in 1896

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Tribute :10 December 1896

Rogers Hornsby

Rogers Hornsby

Born :27 April 1896

Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith

Born :3 May 1896

Quotes of 1896

Quotes taken from the authors in 1896

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.

Justice is to be found only in imagination.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

I've never been a yes man.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means.