Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 24, 2015
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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James Reston (1909 - ), New York Times, June 12 1968  
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
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Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)  
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.
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Paul Eldridge  
What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people?
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Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, #1615, March 2010  
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