Quote of the Day

If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
:: Stendhal

The Herd Instinct

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
:: Charles Mackay

Quote of the Day

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.
:: George Santayan

Experiment vs. Theory

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
:: Nikola Tesla

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
:: Michel de Montaigne

Be a Man

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
:: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
:: Francis Bacon

Yeah, That Guy Over There!

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.
:: Cullen Hightower

It's a Matter of Perspective

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
:: Darrin Weinberg

He's Looking Out for the Little Guy

Conceit is God's gift to little men.
:: Bruce Barton

Quote of the Day

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
:: Confucius

Modern Algebra

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
:: Fred Lebowitz

Sounds Fishy to Me

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.
:: Scott Adams

I Know What You're Up To

If you want to know what people are up to, ignore everything they say and watch what they do.

Quote of the Day

There never was a good war, or a bad peace.
:: Benjamin Franklin

A Universal Thing

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
:: Nikita Krushchev

The Working Man

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.
:: Evan Esar

Sage Advice

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
:: Confucius

Quote of the Day

My work is a game, a very serious game.
:: M.C. Escher

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
:: Dr. Joyce Brothers

The Secret to Writing

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
:: W. Somerset Maugham

Quote of the Day

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
:: Albert Einstein

Is That All There Is?

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
:: Henry David Thoreau

Truth is not Veiled

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
:: Confucius

A Sign of the Times

Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.
:: Marilyn Manson

Quite Write

Writing well means never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'
:: Jef Mallett

Quote of the Day

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
:: Winston Churchill

Disturbing

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
:: James Thurber

In the Beginning ...

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
:: Ellen DeGeneres

Quote of the Day

When three people call you an ass, put on a bridle.
:: Spanish Proverb

You Owe Me an Apology?

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
:: Bilbo Baggins

Quote of the Day

Every stick has two ends.
:: G.I. Gurdjieff

Quote of the Day

He who will not economize will have to agonize.
:: Confucius

Thought for the Day

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
:: Hesketh Pearson

Did You See That?

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
:: Arthur Schopenhauer

Thought for the Day

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.
:: Friedrich Nietzsche

You Won't be Taking it With You

I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'
:: Jack Handey

Quote of the Day

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
:: Mark Twain