The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valery French critic & poet (1871 - 1945) I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. Brigid Brophy We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were. Mort Sahl People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them Anatole France French novelist (1844 - 1924) In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes English economist (1883 - 1946) The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love. Andre Maurois French author (1885 - 1967) Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970) I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead- not sick, not wounded - dead. Woody Allen US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - ) |