There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30. Cleveland Amory War is like love; it always finds a way. Bertolt Brecht German Communist & dramatist (1898 - 1956) Perhaps God is not dead; perhaps God is himself mad. R. D. Laing Democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses. H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) Early to rise and early to bed Makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead James Thurber US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961) It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones. Machiavelli Grief is a species of idleness. Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902) To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845 British politician (1804 - 1881) I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere. Fran Lebowitz US writer and humorist (1950 - ) |