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We must become the change we want to see.

Mahatma Gandhi, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I wouldn't mind dying -- it's that business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.

R. Geis, in Life and Death

Burning desire is the eternal flame.

Doug Horton, in Love and Hate

All mankind loves a lover.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Love and Hate

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

R. I. Fitzhenry, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Never try to out-stubborn a cat.

Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, in Success and Failure

Desperation is like stealing from the mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

Doug Horton, in Success and Failure

Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It buys you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Henrik Ibsen, in Wealth and Poverty

You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.

Al Capone, in War and Peace

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

Gilbert Highet, in Art and Literature

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Carol Burnett, in Happiness and Misery

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.

Gilbert K. Chesterton, 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

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

Robert Orben, in Law and Politics

There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Science and Religion

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

Winston Churchill, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.

Collis P. Huntington, in Altruism and Cynicism

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

Molly Ivins, in Law and Politics

An expert is someone who is one page ahead of you in the manual.

David Knight, in Wisdom and Ignorance

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

Rami Belson, in Wisdom and Ignorance