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- You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.
- John J. Plomp
- The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.
- Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
- We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
- Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
- If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
- If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
- You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.
- Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
- It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.
- Eugene McCarthy (1916 - 2005)
- In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
- Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
- I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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