Bret Harte

"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change."
Bret Harte

Frederick L Collins

"There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'"
Frederick L Collins

Bertrand Russell

"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
Bertrand Russell

Abraham Lincoln

"'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
Abraham Lincoln

Blore's Razor

"Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier."
Blore's Razor

George Bernard Shaw

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."
George Bernard Shaw

David T. Wolf

“Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."
David T. Wolf

Paul Valery

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."
Paul Valery

Marshall McLuhan

"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say."
Marshall McLuhan

W. H. Auden

“We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know."
W. H. Auden

Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Geluk is als een vlinder: wanneer je hem tracht te grijpen blijft hij altijd net buiten je bereik; maar wanneer je rustig blijft zitten komt hij misschien op je hand zitten.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Alan Dean Foster

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting."
Alan Dean Foster