My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. Steven Wright US comedian and actor (1955 - ) A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. Doug Larson Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. Robert Anton Wilson A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. Roald Dahl, (Willy Wonka) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory British juvenile author (1916 - 1990) Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960) The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. e e cummings US poet (1894 - 1962) It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 - 1865) Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh, Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976) English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966) The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970) It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) |