Wit is the lowest form of humor.
—Alexander Pope (English Poet)
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
—Henry Adams (American Historian)
Pleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.
—Voltaire (French Philosopher, Author)
Let all of life be an unfettered howl.
—Vladimir Nabokov (Russian-born American Novelist)
In prosperity, caution; in adversity, patience.
—Dutch Proverb
How strange when an illusion dies, it’s as though you’ve lost a child.
—Judy Garland (American Actress, Singer)
Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
—Homer (Ancient Greek Poet)
Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
—Thomas a Kempis (German Religious Writer)
The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.
—David Sarnoff (American Broadcaster, Businessman)
In the meantime, our policy is a masterly inactivity.
—John C. Calhoun (American Politician)
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
—John F. Kennedy (American Head of State)
It is… easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.
—Charles Sanders Peirce (American Philosopher)
Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.
—Samuel Rutherford (Scottish Theologian)
We condemn in others the wrong we don’t want to face in ourselves.
—Frederick Buechner (American Writer, Theologian)