George Carlin

I don't like to think of laws as rules you have to follow, but more as suggestions.
- George Carlin

Michel de Montaigne

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
- Michel de Montaigne

H. L. Mencken

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
- H. L. Mencken

Ambrose Bierce

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
- Ambrose Bierce

Bill Watterson

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
- Bill Watterson

Josh Billings

Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
- Josh Billings

Clement Attlee

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
- Clement Attlee

Moshe Dayan

If you want to make peace, you dont talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
- Moshe Dayan

Isaac Asimov

"It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly."
- Isaac Asimov

Tao Te Ching

Those who know they have enough are truly wealthy.
- Tao Te Ching

Plato

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
- Plato

Schola Salern

If you need medical advice, let these three things be your physicians; a cheerful mind, relaxation from business, and a moderate diet.
- Schola Salern

Tony Benn

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
- Tony Benn

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
- Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

Mae West

When women go wrong, men go right after them.
- Mae West

Katherine Mansfield

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
- Katherine Mansfield

Sir Arthur Eddington

"Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine."
- Sir Arthur Eddington

John F. Kennedy

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.
- John F. Kennedy

Robert Orben

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!
- Robert Orben

Satchel Paige

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.
- Satchel Paige

Gloria Steinem

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
- Gloria Steinem

William J Clinton

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.
- William J Clinton

Buddha

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
- Buddha

Confucius

Our greatest glory lies not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
- Confucius

Albert Einstein

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein

Woody Allen

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
- Woody Allen

George Bernard Shaw

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
- George Bernard Shaw

Oscar Wilde

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
- Oscar Wilde

Winston Churchill

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill

Mark Twain

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
- Mark Twain