Henry Clay

 Statistics are no substitute for judgment. 

- Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun

 There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it. 

- John C. Calhoun

Henry Kissinger

 You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria. 

- Henry Kissinger

Winston Churchil

 The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. 

- Winston Churchil

Lewis Carroll

 If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. 

- Lewis Carroll

Sophocles

 Wisdom outweighs any wealth. 

Sophocles

Clarence Darrow

 I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. 

- Clarence Darrow

Lana Turner

 A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. 

- Lana Turner

Isaac Asimov

 Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. 

- Isaac Asimov

Thomas Sowell

 The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.' 

- Thomas Sowell

Arthur Miller

 I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult. 

- Arthur Miller

Mark Twain

 It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. 

- Mark Twain

Woody Allen

 I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. 

- Woody Allen

Steven Wright

 I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out. 

- Steven Wright

Sean O'Casey

 It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it. 

- Sean O'Casey