"Glory is fleeting,
but obscurity is forever. "
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
"In the End, we will remember not
the words of our enemies, but the
silence of our friends. "
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
"Never interrupt your enemy
when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
"Maybe this world is another planet's Hell."
- Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
"The optimist proclaims that we live
in the best of all possible worlds,
and the pessimist fears this is true."
- James Branch Cabell
"Perfection is achieved,
not when there is nothing more to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away."
- Antoine de Saint Exupery
"It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it,
than to be sane and have one's doubts."
- G. B. Burgin
"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
"If you gaze long into an abyss,
the abyss will gaze back into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"My advice to you is get married:
if you find a good wife you'll be happy;
if not, you'll become a philosopher. "
- Socrates (470-399 B.C.)
"When you have to kill a man,
it costs nothing to be polite. "
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"We all agree that your theory is crazy,
but is it crazy enough?"
- Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
"The opposite of a correct statement
is a false statement.
The opposite of a profound truth
may well be another profound truth. "
- Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
"A man can't be too careful
in the choice of his enemies. "
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
"Forgive your enemies,
but never forget their names. "
- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"When choosing between two evils,
I always like to try the one I've never tried before. "
- Mae West (1892-1980)
"I am become death, shatterer of worlds. "
- Robert J. Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
(citing from the Bhagavadgita, after
witnessing the world's first nuclear explosion)
"Sanity is a madness put to good uses. "
- George Santayana (1863-1952)
"Heav'n hath no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd. "
- William Congreve (1670-1729)
"If Stupidity got us into this mess,
then why can't it get us out?" "
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask
why I have no monument than why I have one. "
- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato)
"It is better to be feared than loved,
if you cannot be both. "
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), "The Prince"
"He has all the virtues I dislike
and none of the vices I admire."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies."
- Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed in response
to a priest asking that he renounce Satan.
"Every normal man must be tempted
at times to spit upon his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
- Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage
over the man who cannot read them. "
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Eagles may soar, free and proud,
but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
epitaph: He wasnt paranoid! They really were after him!
Schizophrenia beats being alone.