An institution which is populare because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. Fred Allen US radio comedian (1894 - 1956) O why was I born with a different face?<br> Why was I not born like rest of my race? William Blake 1803 If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. James Thurber US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961) Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. Mahatma Gandhi Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948) The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. Ronald Firbank A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. Elbert Hubbard US author (1856 - 1915) An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service. E.B. White There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thomas A. Edison US inventor (1847 - 1931) We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832) |