People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. Dan Quayle
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I find nothing more depressing than optimism. Paul Fussell
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. Unknown
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist. Sally Kempton
To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.Sir Thomas Beecham
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.Robert Heinlein
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic." Richard Pryor
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. Robert Benchley
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's 'St. Matthew's Passion' on a ukulele. Bagdikian's Observation
Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl. Evan Esar
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. Alec Bourne
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Albert Einstein
All things are difficult before they are easy. Dr. Thomas Fuller
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. George Bernard Shaw
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard
The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself. John Ciardi
Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb
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