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- The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
- Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
- The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
- George F. Will (1941 - )
- It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
- Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
- We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
- Aneurin Bevan (1897 - 1960)
- To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.
- Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
- Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. - Arnold Lobel
- Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
- Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 07-15-06
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