The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. – Bern Williams
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. – Sid Caesar
An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour. – Albert Einstein (relativity)
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Schopenhauer, “Studies in Pessimism,” Psychological Observations, 1851
If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. – Carl Sagan
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold. – Latin Proverb
We envy others, for we see their lives in broad outline, while forced to live ours in every detail. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
All the suns labor to kindle your flame and a microbe puts it out. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. – Philippine Proverb
If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote? – Bertrand Russell
Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Nothing is further than Earth from Heaven: nothing is nearer than Heaven to Earth. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
As far as the Moon is concerned, he is always full. – Terri Guillemets
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept. – Saint Francis de Sales
It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part. – Marcel Proust, The Fugitive, Remembrance of Things Past, 1925
The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. – Russian Proverb
After the striving, the fine talk, and the grandeur of dreams — all that remains is an elegance of bones. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com
My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure. – Ashleigh Brilliant
