Johann von Goethe

“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
- Johann von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Truman Capote

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.
- Truman Capote

Dr. E. Land

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
- Dr. E. Land

Robert Byrne

To err is human, to purr, feline.
- Robert Byrne

Rodney Dangerfield

I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people.
- Rodney Dangerfield

Dick Clark

“Jet lag is for amateurs.”
- Dick Clark

Seneca

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
- Seneca

Sam Ewing

Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
- Sam Ewing

Bertrand Arthur William Russell

Philosophy is that part of science which at present people chose to have opinions about, but which they have no knowledge about. Therefore every advance in knowledge robs philosophy of some problems which formerly it had …and will belong to science.
- Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell

Eric Hansen

“Destination is merely a byproduct of the journey.”
- Eric Hansen

Euripides

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

C. S. Lewis

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
- C. S. Lewis

Barack Obama

Americans still believe in an America where anything's possible, they just don't think their leaders do.
- Barack Obama

Albert Einstein

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
- Albert Einstein

Dejan Stojanovic

Get out, but don't cause unneeded accidents.
- Dejan Stojanovic

Bishop John Wilkins

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

Josiah Gilbert Holland

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland

John Stuart Mill

Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that nothing can have produced Mind but Mind.
- John Stuart Mill

Ernest Hemingway

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
- Ernest Hemingway

Grace Allen

I'm a very lucky woman. I was courted by the youngest, handsomest, most charming, most sought-after star in show business - but I still married George because I loved him.
- Grace Allen

Pliny The Elder

The master's eye is the best fertilizer.
- Pliny The Elder

François Marie Arouet Voltaire

Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice and need.
- François Marie Arouet Voltaire

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ring Lardner

"A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor."
- Ring Lardner

Winston Churchill

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Benjamin Disraeli

"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens."
- Benjamin Disraeli

H. L. Mencken

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
- H. L. Mencken

Jules Renard

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."
- Jules Renard

Tao Te Ching

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
- Tao Te Ching

George Bernard Shaw

"People are always blaming their circumstances for being what they are. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them."
- George Bernard Shaw

Mark Twain

All good things arrive unto them that wait--and don't die in the meantime.
- Mark Twain