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

Oscar Levant, in Happiness and Misery

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

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Albert Camus, in Work and Recreation

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in Wisdom and Ignorance

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

James Carse, in Life and Death

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

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.

Abraham Lincoln, in Law and Politics

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Carol Burnett, in Happiness and Misery

An excuse is the mark of a moral coward.

Joseph Cimino, in Altruism and Cynicism

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

Frederick the Great, in Law and Politics

It is perfectly true that the government is best which governs least. It is equally true that the government is best which provides most.

Walter Lippmann, in Law and Politics

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