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When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Anatole France, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I am become death, shatterer of worlds.

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

Less than fifteen percent of the people do any original thinking on any subject... The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think.

Luther Burbank, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

Doug Larson, in Vice and Virtue

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in Wisdom and Ignorance

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

Molly Ivins, in Law and Politics

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

David Dunham, in Work and Recreation

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

Doug Horton, in Altruism and Cynicism

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Carol Burnett, in Happiness and Misery

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure

A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.

Frederick the Great, in Law and Politics

Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

Joseph Conrad, in Art and Literature

Never try to out-stubborn a cat.

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

Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage.

Edouard Herriot, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

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

Robert Orben, in Law and Politics

Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it.

Benjamin Franklin, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats, in Success and Failure

Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

Tom Lehrer, (from the album An Evening Wasted), in Life and Death

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

Hubert H. Humphrey, in Law and Politics

To generalize is to be an idiot.

William Blake, in Science and Religion