Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense. Robert Frost
A quick response is worth a thousand logical responses. Merle P. Martin
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry B. Adams
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Robert Heinlein
How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life wouldn't you say? James T. Kirk
Conscious is when you are aware of something and conscience is when you wish you weren't.
If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. Motto of the Green Berets
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. St. Francis De Sales
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. Ambrose Bierce
This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper. T. S. Eliot
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Socrates
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Old age is when you start giving good advice instead of setting bad examples.
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. J. Danforth Quayle
The fewer clear facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion.
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. Honore de Balzac
We have met the enemy and he is us. Walt Kelly in "POGO"
I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. Calvin Coolidge
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. Laurence Coughlin
Critics are like eunuches in a harem: they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. Brendan Behan
God may be subtle. But He is not malicious. Albert Einstein
Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do them. Richard C. Cornuelle
All the taxes paid over a lifetime by the average American are spent by the government in less than a second. Jim Fiebig
Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with; something better than political opportunist slamming hate horseshit in the public park. Charles Bukowski
What does not destroy me, makes me strong. Friedrich Nietzsche
We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. Phyllis Diller
The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions - which time and mediocrity can solve. Hugh Trevor-Roper
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Robert Frost
Skepticism, like chastity should not be relinquished too readily. George Santayana
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. Woody Allen
The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - and they know it. Fred Friendly
Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party. Joseph Stalin
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. Albert Einstein
There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations. Ihara Saikaku
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Laurence Peter
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Laurence J. Peter
And you may ask yourself "Am I right? ... Am I wrong?" And you may say to yourself "MY GOD! ... WHAT HAVE I DONE?" The Talking Heads
When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money. Kin Hubbard
What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Pedro Calderon de la Barca
If ignorance is no excuse, there doesn't seem to be much use for it.
Republicans consume three-fourths of the rutabaga produced in this country. The remainder is thrown out.
Winning is not everything. It's the only thing. Vince Lombardi
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. Jorge Luis Borges
I am responsible only to God and history. Francisco Franco
Well, I learned a lot... I went down [to Latin America] to find out from them and [learn] their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries. Ronald Reagan
Maternity pay? Now every Tom, Dick and Harry will get pregnant. Malcolm Smith
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. George Bernard Shaw
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
A winner isn't nearly as afraid of losing as a loser is secretly afraid of winning.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. Winston Churchill
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. Nikita Khruschev
To err is human but to really foul things up requires a computer. Paul Ehrlich
Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river. Cyril Connolly
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. Mark Twain
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Matthew Browne
Thinking about what you can't control only wastes energy and creates its own enemy. Worf
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. John Barrymore
Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune. Raymond Queneau
Figures won't lie, but liars will figure. Charles H. Grosvenor
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. Erich Fromm
Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society. Isaac Asimov
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: "Of course it is none of my business but ... " is to place a period after the word "but." Don't use excessive force in supplying such moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about. Lazarus Long
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. Zsa Zsa Gabor
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. Martin Luther King
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel Butler
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. Ralph Waldo Emerson
But I have seen the science I worshipped and the airplane I loved destroying the civilization I expected them to serve. Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. William Hazlitt
I was in the darkness; I could not see my words Nor the wishes of my heart. Then suddenly there was a great light--- "Let me into the darkness again." Stephan Crane
There is nothing as stupid as an educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in. Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing -- and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even. Will Rogers
You are certainly entitled to your opinion. Fortunat
