Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
For several years more I maintained public relations with the Almighty. But privately, I ceased to associate with him. Jean-Paul Sartre
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record. Tom Masson
I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it. Miguel de Cervantes
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good. Robert Pirsig
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. William Shakespeare
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams
They certainly give very strange names to diseases. Plato
It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children. Kingsley Amis
Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence. Frank Zappa
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. Ronald Reagan
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. P. B. Medawar
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability. Vannevar Bush
There are too many people, and too few human beings. Robert Zend
Things are only impossible until they're not. Hannah Louise Shearer
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. John Ruskin
The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. Esther Dyson
Ethics are so annoying. I avoid them on principle. Darby Conley
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. Simeon Strunsky
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
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