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A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.

Edmond Jules Goncourt, in Art and Literature

Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.

Jenny Holzer, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Lately I've found that if it weren't for stereotypes, conversation would be much more difficult for the closed-minded.

Morgan Ivy, in Wisdom and Ignorance

If the aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.

Stanley Garn, in Wisdom and Ignorance

In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments -- there are consequences.

Robert G. Ingersoll, in Altruism and Cynicism

Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.

Molly Ivins, in Law and Politics

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

Dyer, in Work and Recreation

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Edward Everett, in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Jess Lair, in Happiness and Misery

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

Timothy Leary, in Men and Women

I am become death, shatterer of worlds.

Robert J. Oppenheimer, (quoting the Bhagavadgita after witnessing the first nuclear explosion), in War and Peace

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Lillian Hellman, in Altruism and Cynicism

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.

Samuel Johnson, in Art and Literature

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats, in Success and Failure

The more you wrestle with a turd, the more shit gets on you.

Shelly Horton, in Success and Failure

My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.

Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Science and Religion

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

Oscar Levant, in Happiness and Misery

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Mahatma Gandhi, in Happiness and Misery

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

Doug Horton, in Altruism and Cynicism