quotes

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
           -- Carl Sagan

It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
           -- Eric Hoffer

No man ever listened himself out of a job.
           -- Calvin Coolidge

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
           -- George Orwell

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
           -- Henry Kissinger

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
           -- Dick Clark

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
           -- Tom Stoppard

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
           -- Jane Austen
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
           -- James M. Barrie
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
           -- Larry Hardiman




What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
           -- Unknown

A witty saying proves nothing.
           -- Voltaire

Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
           -- Artemus Ward

It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.
           -- Madeleine L'Engle
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
           -- Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
           -- Michael Crichton, Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003