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- One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. - Shakespeare, King Henry V, Act III, Scene 1
- A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
- Unknown
- From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
- Napoleon
- What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are rotten,
either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing. - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
- Henrik Tikkanen
- The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935), (dissent, Abrams v. United States, 1919)
- A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
- Chinese proverb
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