The middle class is so funny, its the class I know best, and its the class where you find the most pretension, so thats what makes the middle classes so funny. – J. K. Rowling
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. – Thomas Sowell
I believe in a real, physical world. I figure if the world existed only in my mind, it would pay more attention to me. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com