Leisure is the mother of Philosophy. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651
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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. – Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines. – Bertrand Russell
Pythagoras, Locke, Socrates — but pages might be filled up, as vainly as before, with the sad usage of all sorts of sages, who in his life-time, each was deemed a bore! The loftiest minds outrun their tardy ages. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didnt go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do. – Mitt Romney
My grandmas the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and shes doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot! – Jeff Foxworthy
