Rodney Dangerfield

 The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. 

- Rodney Dangerfield

John F. Kennedy

 Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. 

- John F. Kennedy

Lily Tomlin

 The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. 

- Lily Tomlin

Samuel Adams

 It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. 

- Samuel Adams

Annie Leibovitz

 I'm more interested in being good than being famous. 

- Annie Leibovitz

Emily Dickinson

 Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. 

- Emily Dickinson

John Lennon

 Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. 

- John Lennon

Arnold Schwarzenegger

 It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat. 

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hannah Arendt

 This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. 

- Hannah Arendt

Aldous Huxley

 The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. 

- Aldous Huxley

C. S. Lewis

 There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.' 

- C. S. Lewis

Charles Spurgeon

 A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. 

- Charles Spurgeon

Thomas A. Edison

 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. 

- Thomas A. Edison

H. L. Mencken

 Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. 

- H. L. Mencken

George Orwell

 If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. 

- George Orwell

Sam Snead

 Practice puts brains in your muscles. 

- Sam Snead

John Barrymore

 The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. 

- John Barrymore

Ludwig Wittgenstein

 The human body is the best picture of the human soul. 

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Tecumseh

 When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. 

- Tecumseh

John Cleese

 If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat? 

- John Cleese

George S. Patton

 It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. 

- George S. Patton

George Bernard Shaw

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. 

- George Bernard Shaw

Albert Einstein

 If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? 

- Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

 Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. 

- Benjamin Franklin

Samuel Johnson

 The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. 

- Samuel Johnson

Stephen King

 The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. 

- Stephen King

Rabindranath Tagore

 I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. 

- Rabindranath Tagore

Albert Camus

 It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. 

- Albert Camus

William Feather

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it. 

- William Feather

Henny Youngman

 Why don't Jews drink? It interferes with their suffering. 

- Henny Youngman

Stephen Covey

 Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. 

- Stephen Covey

Mark Twain

 All generalizations are false, including this one. 

- Mark Twain