Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses. Margaret Millar
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
Music is essentially useless, as life is George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying Woody Allen
Living hell is the best revenge Adrienne E. Gusoff
In heaven all the interesting people are missing Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down Russell Baker
A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long Jeph Jacques
Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated Jeph Jacques
You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are Jeph Jacques
Spontaneous kindness is to hipsters as high beams are to deer Jeph Jacques
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option Jeph Jacques
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion Steven Weinberg (1933 - )
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Spare no expense to save money on this one Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished Leslie Nielsen (1926 - )
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