Thomas Huxley (scientist, English, 1825-1895) ... Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
Pierrette Brillat-Savarin (French, 18th century) ... Bring on the dessert, I think I'm about to die.
The delicious last words of gastronome Brillat-Savarin's 100-year-old sister to her servants, after finishing a fine dinner in bed. Whether she made it through the last course I don't know. Source: WSJ, 8/30-31/14, so I'm sure this quote was fact checked. Ah, only the French.
Edmund Burke (statesman, Irish, 1729-1797) ... Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
Franz Kafka (writer, Bohemian, 1883-1924) ... Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (writer, American, 1803-1882) ... Events ride men.
Edgar Allan Poe (writer, American, 1809-1849) ... It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Frank Zappa (musician, American, 1940-1993) ... Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
Cesare Pavese (poet, Italian, 1908-1950) ... Love is the cheapest of religions.
Captain Hebron Morris ... Drinking in the dying light.
Joseph Joubert (writer, French, 1754-1824) ... Never cut what you can untie.
Ray Bradbury (writer, American, 1920-2012) ... In my later years, I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I've worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.
Samuel Butler (novelist, 'Erewhon' English, 1835-1902) ... Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (philosopher, American, 1803-1882) ... Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.
Leonardo da Vinci (artist, inventor, Italian, 1452-1519) ... Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Captain Hebron Morris (sea captain, English, 18th century) ... I had a wife once. Who could want more?
John Burroughs (writer, American, 1837-1921) ... How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
Milton Berle ... (comedian, American, 1908-2002) ... We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
Groucho Marx (comedian, American, 1895-1977) ... Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.
Michael Jackson (musician, American, 1958-2009) ... The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.
Amelia Barr (novelist, American, 1831-1919) ... Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.
Lenny Bruce (comedian, American, 1925-1966) ... Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
Rita Mae Brown (writer, American, 1944) ... Morals are private. Decency is public.
Omar Khayyam (polymath and poet, Persian, 1048-1131) ... Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Dolly Parton (musician, American, 1946-now) ... We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Douglas MacArthur (general, American, 1880-1964) ... We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
Mignon McLaughlin (journalist, American, 1913-1983) ... A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.
P.J. O'Rourke (humorist, American, 1947-now) ... There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
E.B. White (writer, American, 1899-1985) ... When I worked at the New Yorker I used to arrive early every morning and get down to work. Then, around noon I'd add 'hell with it' and go out to lunch. [Quoted from memory.]
H.Jackson Brown, Jr. (writer, American, 1940-now) ... Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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