Even stranger things have happened; and perhaps the strangest of all is the marvel that mathematics should be possible to a race akin to the apes. ~Eric T. Bell, The Development of Mathematics
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg. ~Author Unknown
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. ~Sydney Smith
Middle age is youth without its levity, and age without decay. ~Daniel Defoe
It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. ~Georges Duhamel
We all denounce bores, but while we do so, let us remember that there is nobody who isn't a bore to somebody. ~J.A. Spender
Statistics may be defined as "a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty." ~W.A. Wallis
In order to know whether a human being is young or old, offer it food of different kinds at short intervals. If young, it will eat anything at any hour of the day or night. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ~William Arthur Ward
Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. ~Ernie Harwell, "The Game for All America," 1955
We all love animals. Why do we call some "pets" and others "dinner?" ~k.d. lang
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. ~Frank Leahy, Look, 10 January 1955
If you must smoke, take your butt outside. ~Author Unknown
It has been left to our generation to discover that you can move heaven and earth to save five minutes and then not have the faintest idea what to do with them when you have saved them. ~C.E.M. Joad
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. ~Robertson Davies
Women really do rule the world. They just haven't figured it out yet. When they do, and they will, we're all in big big trouble. ~"Doctor Leon," drleons.com
Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness. ~Virginie des Rieux, Epigrams
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it. ~Cullen Hightower
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. ~Jorge Luis Borges
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. ~Author Unknown
He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny
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