Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 30

Easy Quotefall by James L. Fisher

James L. Fisher is one of the most published writers on leadership and organization in higher education today. He is the author of the book "The Power of the Presidency," and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Hard Quotefall by Horace

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. Considered by many to be among the greatest of all Latin Poets, he is known for his famous quote, "carpe diem," translated to "seize the day."

Both puzzles expire on Jul 6

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 29

Easy Quotefall by Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays. He is also an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Hard Quotefall by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th century English poet. His style was strongly influenced by Ben Jonson, by the classical Roman writers, and by the poems of the late Elizabethan age, and was once considered "the greatest song writer ever born of English race."

Both puzzles expire on Jul 5

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 28

Easy Quotefall by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, theorist, and painter. He was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Hard Quotefall by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day.

Both puzzles expire on Jul 4

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 27

Easy Quotefall by Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot was a nineteenth century British journalist who wrote extensively about government and economic affairs and other topics.

Hard Quotefall by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an Irish American author of novels and short stories, and is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. He finished four novels and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age.

Both puzzles expire on Jul 3

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 26

Easy Quotefall by Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era.

Hard Quotefall by Heraclitus

Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher. He was the first person in the Western world to create a robust philosophical system, and his writings influenced the thought of Socrates, Plato, and modern process philosophy.

Both puzzles expire on Jul 2

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 25

Easy Quotefall by Anouk Aimee

Anouk Aimee is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning French film actress.

Hard Quotefall by George F. Will

George F. Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author. He served as an editor for the conservative magazine National Review from 1972 to 1978, and is know for his erucidite vocabulary.

Both puzzles expire on Jul 1

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 24

Easy Quotefall by Edward Everett

Edward Everett was an American politician who served in Congress, the State Department, and also served as President of Harvard University.

Hard Quotefall by Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He was the 36th Vice President of the United States in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nixon is the only person elected twice to the offices of vice president and president, and the only president to have resigned from the office.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 30

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 23

Easy Quotefall by Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was a French writer, statesman, human rights campaigner, and the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. His best-known works are the novels "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame."

Hard Quotefall by George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was one of Ireland's greatest playwright. He wrote more than sixty plays, and was uniquely honored by being awarded both a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for "Pygmalion."

Both puzzles expire on Jun 29

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 22

Easy Quotefall by Lash Proverb

Lash proverbs are the direct reflections of wisdom, morals, and customs of the Lash district of Russia.

Hard Quotefall by Robertson Davies

William Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was famous for writing hs books in trilogies, which included "The Salterton Trilogy," "The Deptford Trilogy," and "The Cornish Trilogy."

Both puzzles expire on Jun 28

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 21

Easy Quotefall by Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith was an English writer and clergyman. The author of "A Fragment on the Irish Roman Catholic Church," Smith was also known as a lecturer and professor at the Royal Institute.

Hard Quotefall by Benjamin Franklin

The puzzle of the day is from Benjamin Franklin. America's first rennaisance man of the ages, Benjamin Franklin combined wit, wisdom, with scientific, political, and patriotic achievement to endear himself in American history.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 27

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 20

Easy Quotefall by Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works, the most famous of which include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma, are widely regarded as classics.

Hard Quotefall by Rollo May

Rollo May was the best known American existential psychologist. He wrote the influential book "Love and Will" in 1969. May was influenced by American humanism, and his works include "Love and Will" and "The Courage to Create."

Both puzzles expire on Jun 26

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 19

Easy Quotefall by Max Eastman

Max Forrester Eastman was a socialist American writer and patron of the Harlem Renaissance, later known for being an anti-leftist after observing the power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union.

Hard Quotefall by Sidney J. Harris

Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the Chicago Sun-Times. His column, "Strictly Personal," was syndicated in many newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 25

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 18

Easy Quotefall by Peace Pilgrim

Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American pacifist, vegetarian, and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season.

Hard Quotefall by Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. His contributions included the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and was a staunch proponent of the scientific method.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 24

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 17

Easy Quotefall by John Keats

John Keats was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. His series of odes are among the most popular poems in the English language.

Hard Quotefall by Robert Green Ingersoll

Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator. He is known for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism, and was one of America's first advocates of "freethought" and humanism.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 23

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 16

Easy Quotefall by Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish writer and physician. He is most well known for his iconic poem, "The Deserted Village."

Hard Quotefall by Ben Carson

Ben Carson is a noted American neurosurgeon. He became the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital when he was 33 years old. He is most noted for successfully separating Siamese twins who were joined at the head and shared part of the same brain.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 22

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 15

Easy Quotefall by George Moore

George Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. He is often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Hard Quotefall by Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. His works emoted tragedy with dry comedy, including these stories: "Tutto per bene," "Come prima meglio di prima," and "La Signora Morli."

Both puzzles expire on Jun 21

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jun 14

Easy Quotefall by Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Ann Seton was a philanthropist who helped with the formation of the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, NYC's first private charity organization.

Hard Quotefall by James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield was the twentieth President of the United States. He had also served as a major general in the United States Army and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Both puzzles expire on Jun 20

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