Keith Avery

If pro is the opposite of con, then isn't progress the opposite of congress?
- Keith Avery

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Socrates

The unexamined life is not worth living
- Socrates

Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
- Henry David Thoreau

Samuel Johnson

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
- Samuel Johnson

Laurence J. Peter

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
- Laurence J. Peter

Pindar

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
- Pindar

Charles Bukowski

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
- Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)

Mother Teresa

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."
- Mother Teresa

Sue Murphy

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives.
- Sue Murphy

William James

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
- William James

Jerry Seinfeld

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.
- Jerry Seinfeld

Aldous Huxley

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
- Aldous Huxley

John Stuart Mill

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
- John Stuart Mill

William Blake

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
- William Blake

Alvin Toffler

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
- Alvin Toffler

Clive James

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.
- Clive James

Confucius

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
- Confucius

George Carlin

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
- George Carlin

John Maynard Keynes

In the long run we are all dead.
- John Maynard Keynes

John Maxwell

"Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential."
- John Maxwell

George Bernard Shaw

All great truths begin as blasphemies.
- George Bernard Shaw

Woody Allen

Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.
- Woody Allen

Albert Einstein

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
- Albert Einstein

Ambrose Bierce

Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
- Ambrose Bierce

Oscar Wilde

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
- Oscar Wilde

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
- Danny Kaye

Arnold Palmer

"Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you."
- Arnold Palmer

Tyron Edwards

"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny."
- Tyron Edwards

Milton Berle

Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.
- Milton Berle

Mark Twain

The missionaries braved a thousand privations to come and make them permanently miserable by telling them how beautiful and how blissful a place heaven is, and how nearly impossible it is to get there.
- Mark Twain