Random Sample of Quotes |
 | A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 5 likes |
 | The more the data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | God made the man, devil made the German. 9 likes |
 | Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. — George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American general 2 likes |
 | Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 5 likes |
 | Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes. |
 | I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 4 likes |
 | In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 7 likes |
 | Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 4 likes |
 | It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 4 likes |
| Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy. — George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American general 2 likes |
 | I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 8 likes |
 | I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 7 likes |
 | Never give an order that can't be obeyed. — Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general 4 likes |
 | Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 4 likes |
| The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 3 likes |
 | An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, “Things that never happened.” |
 | I did not have sexual relations with that woman. — Bill Clinton, 1946-, American President [1992-2000] 2 likes |
 | So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 4 likes |
 | A husband, like a government, should never confess wrongdoing. |
| Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 2 likes |
 | With foxes we must play the fox. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. |
 | Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. — from the film The Godfather (1972) 5 likes |
 | The meaning of life is to risk everything for love. — Roger Mondoloni, 1929-, French writer 2 likes |
 | The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman, 1912-2006, American economist 2 likes |
 | When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. |
 | Let us live, since we must die. Vivamus, moriendum est. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 122 likes |
 | Doubts can make you a philosopher, but only faith can make you an apostle. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims 5 likes |
 | Why, madam, do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 8 likes |
 | Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 2 likes |
 | Property is theft! — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1809-1865, French anarchist 3 likes |
 | Infancy, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, “Heaven lies about us.” The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. |
 | The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 5 likes |
 | The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler the trap he must be caught in. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 15 likes |
 | The guilty conscience is a secret enemy. — Indian proverb 6 likes |
