Katharine Hepburn

Life is hard. After all it kills you.
- Katharine Hepburn

James Thomson

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
- James Thomson

A. Whitney Brown

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
- A. Whitney Brown

Charles Davenport

Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
- Charles Davenport

James Abram Garfield

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.
- James Abram Garfield

Robert Frost

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
- Robert Frost, "Cluster of Faith," 1962

Frank Lloyd Wright

An idea is salvation by imagination.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

James A. Michener

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”
- James A. Michener

Otto von Bismark

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
- Otto von Bismark

Sam Ewing

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
- Sam Ewing

David Hume

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
- David Hume

Alexander Woollcott

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.
- Alexander Woollcott

Dwight D Eisenhower

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.
- Dwight D Eisenhower

Ann Landers

Women complain about sex more often than men. Their gripes fall into two major categories: (1) Not enough. (2) Too much.
- Ann Landers

Tao Ho

Good architecture is like apiece of beautifully composed music crystallized as space that elevates our spirits beyond the limitation of time.
- Tao Ho

Sir Isaac Newton

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
- Sir Isaac Newton

George W. Ball

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
- George W. Ball

Oliver Goldsmith

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
- Oliver Goldsmith

H. L. Mencken

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."
- H. L. Mencken

Charles McCabe

"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art."
- Charles McCabe

Tao Te Ching

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled.
- Tao Te Ching

Max Born

I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady progress: I am convinced that theoretical physics is actual philosophy. It has revolutionized fundamental concepts, e.g., about space and time (relativity), about causality (quantum theory), and about substance and matter (atomistics), and it has taught us new methods of thinking (complementarity) which are applicable far beyond physics.
- Max Born

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A room without books is like a body without a soul.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton

John Berry

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
- John Berry

Gloria Steinem

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
- Gloria Steinem

Victor Hugo

Right is right only when entire.
- Victor Hugo

J. R. R. Tolkien

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.”
- J. R. R. Tolkien

Dr. Seuss

“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
- Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991)

Steven Wright

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.
- Steven Wright

Mark Twain

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up”
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)