The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. Edith Sitwell
English biographer, critic, novelist, & poet (1887 - 1964) The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent. Berton Averre Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832) Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. Russell Baker
US columnist & journalist (1925 - ) Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - ) If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? Harry Shearer Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author (1850 - 1894) Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Lester B. Pearson
Canadian Prime Minister 1963-1968 (1897 - 1972) | 
