“It really gets me when the critics say I haven’t done enough for
the economy. I mean, look what I’ve done for the book publishing
industry. You’ve heard some of the titles. ‘Big Lies,’ ‘The Lies
of George W. Bush,’ ‘The Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.’
I’d like to tell you I’ve read each of these books, but that’d
be a lie.”
–President G. W. Bush
“War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired
and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by
practice.”
–Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25
“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real
sovereign in every free one.”
–James Madison
“This isn’t right, this isn’t even wrong.”
–Wolfgang Pauli
(1900-1958), upon reading a young physicist’s paper
“Ladies and gentlemen, before we begin, a special announcement
- the National Security Alert has now been lowered back down
to ‘elevated’. Have you got that? It’s been lowered to
‘elevated’. I hope that clears up any confusion.”
–Jay Leno
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
– Alfred Adler
“The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the right answer.”
- Thomas Watson
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
– Edgar Allan Poe, “Eleonora”
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
– Peter De Vries
Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love and three dollar pantyhose that don’t run.
- Phyllis Diller