He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790) George Bush taking credit for the Berlin Wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sunrise. Al Gore - during 1992 Vice Presidential debate It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Evelyn Waugh English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966) A critic is a legless man who teaches running. Channing Pollock A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen US radio comedian (1894 - 1956) A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants. Alben W. Barkley, U.S Vice President (1949-1953) One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. George Eliot English novelist (1819 - 1880) No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. Wystan Hugh Auden Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant. John Simon |