Henry Ford

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
- Henry Ford

Pearl S. Buck

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
- Pearl S. Buck

Yogi Berra

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
- Yogi Berra

Albert Einstein

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Albert Einstein

Chris Rock

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
- Chris Rock

Margaret Thatcher

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
- Margaret Thatcher

Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Henry D. Thoreau

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."
- Henry D. Thoreau

Anatole France

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe."
- Anatole France

Bob Hope

I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage.
- Bob Hope

John Maynard Keynes

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
- John Maynard Keynes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

P. J. O'Rourke

People shouldn't be treated like objects. They aren't that valuable.
- P. J. O'Rourke

Logan Pearsall Smith

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

John Dryden

"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."
- John Dryden

Woody Allen

I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.
- Woody Allen

Joe E. Lewis

Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest.
- Joe E. Lewis

Jeff Foxworthy

You might be a redneck ... If you've ever hauled a can of paint to the top of a water tower to defend your sister's honor.
- Jeff Foxworthy

Dale Carnegie

"All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare."
- Dale Carnegie

Franklin P. Jones

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
- Franklin P. Jones

Robert Frost

I am not a teacher but an awakener.
- Robert Frost (1874-1963) Poet

Edith Sitwell

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
- Edith Sitwell

Johnny Carson

I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
- Johnny Carson

Totie Fields

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.
- Totie Fields

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Arthur Schopenhauer

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

Rita Rudner

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
- Rita Rudner

Henny Youngman

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.
- Henny Youngman

Confucius

The cautious seldom err.
- Confucius

Ambrose Bierce

Beauty: The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
- Ambrose Bierce

Mark Twain

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain