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An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

 Winston Churchill, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Hell, there are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something.

 Thomas Alva Edison, in  Work and Recreation

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

 Lillian Hellman, in  Altruism and Cynicism

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

 Thomas Jefferson, in  Success and Failure and  Work and Recreation

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.

 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in  Vice and Virtue and  Work and Recreation

Women make love for love, men make love for lust.

 Derrick Harge, in  Love and Hate and  Men and Women

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

 Thomas Jefferson, in  Law and Politics

Whenever anyone says anything he is indulging in theories.

 Alfred Korzybski, in  Science and Religion and  Wisdom and Ignorance

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

 Robert Orben, in  Law and Politics

Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

 P. J. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World, in  Altruism and Cynicism and  Work and Recreation

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

 Robert Burton, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Hitch your wagon to a star.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson, in  Success and Failure

Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

 John F. Kennedy, in  Altruism and Cynicism and  Vice and Virtue

Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me.

 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in  Altruism and Cynicism

I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution.

 Werner von Braun, in  Success and Failure

The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.

 Tom Clancy, in  Art and Literature

A continuing flow of paper is sufficient to continue the flow of paper.

 Dyer, in  Work and Recreation

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

 Anatole France, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

When dealing with the insane, it is best to pretend to be sane.

 Herman Hesse, in  Health and Disease