France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams. Thomas Carlyle Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881) In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. Quentin Crisp For flavor, instant sex will never supercede the stuff you have to peel and cook. Quentin Crisp Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation to which the filing system has been lost? Quentin Crisp Men have become the tools of their tools Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) Men have become fools with their tools. Thomas Elisha Stewart God is dead, but fifty thousand social workers have risen to take his place. J.D. McCoughey The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. Norman Mailer US journalist & novelist (1923 - ) Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat. Fran Lebowitz US writer and humorist (1950 - ) |