Bishop John Wilkins

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.
- Bishop John Wilkins

John Ray

Who depends on another man's table often dines late.
- John Ray

Euripides

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
- Euripides

Dave Barry

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?
- Dave Barry

Phil Cousineau

“We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home, and soon find that a change of climate is easier than a change of heart.”
- Phil Cousineau

Ernest J. Gaines

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
- Ernest J. Gaines

Danny Kaye

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

Audrey Hepburn

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
- Audrey Hepburn

Rodney Dangerfield

I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield

Quentin Crisp

"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style."
- Quentin Crisp

Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share riches but to reveal him his own.
- Benjamin Disraeli

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

Robert Morley

"Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public."
- Robert Morley

Cicero

“There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.”
- Cicero (106 - 46 B.C.)

Bruno Bettelheim

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
- Bruno Bettelheim

Arthur Stanley Eddington

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and.'
- Arthur Stanley Eddington

Daniel J. Boorstin

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers."
- Daniel J. Boorstin

Lope de Vega

Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
- Lope de Vega

George Bernard Shaw

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
- George Bernard Shaw

Douglas MacArthur

In war there is no substitute for victory.
- Douglas MacArthur

Anthony Robbins

Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
- Anthony Robbins

John Quincy Adams

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
- John Quincy Adams

Jean Baudrillard

The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.
- Jean Baudrillard

Ambrose Bierce

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
- Ambrose Bierce

Bruce Manson

“True freedom is knowing you can leave tomorrow.”
- Bruce Manson

Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
- Voltaire

Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
- Confucius

Bertrand Russell

War doesn't determine who's right - only who's left.
- Bertrand Russell

Abraham Lincoln

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
- Abraham Lincoln

Akhenaton

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
- Akhenaton

Mark Twain

It is better to read the weather forecast before we pray for rain.
- Mark Twain