Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. Ernest Benn I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
English letter author & poet (1689 - 1762) Illusion is the first of all pleasures. Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. William James
US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 - 1910) Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. Sir Ralph Richardson, quoted in New York Herald Tribune, May 19, 1946
(1902 - 1983) There are more fools in the world than there are people. Heinrich Heine
German critic & poet (1797 - 1856) People will buy anything that is one to a customer. Sinclair Lewis
US novelist (1885 - 1951) Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts"
Polish writer (1909 - 1966) Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971) | 
