A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain, (attributed)
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously. Thomas Sowell
(1930 - ) A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, part 2, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe. Laurence J. Peter, paraphrasing Sir Walter Scott
US educator & writer (1919 - 1988) The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin. Heinrich Heine
German critic & poet (1797 - 1856) To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles. Frank Lloyd Wright
US architect (1869 - 1959) Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel. Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972) I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there. Fred Allen, in a letter to Groucho Marx, 1953
US radio comedian (1894 - 1956) The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O. Martin Mull
US comedian and actor (1943 - ) | 
