"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

"This book fills a much-needed gap."
- Moses Hadas (1900-1966) in a review

"I'll moider da bum."
- Heavyweight boxer Tony Galento, when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')

"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

"Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
- unknown

"If you are going through hell, keep going."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death."
- H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

"Maybe this world is another planet's Hell."
- Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

"I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx (1895-1977)

"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."
- Vince Lombardi

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
- Frank Zappa

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
- Jimi Hendrix

"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."
- Richard Bach

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
- Mario Andretti

"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
- Bumper Sticker

"God, please save me from your followers!"
- Bumper Sticker

"Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches."
- the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life

"I would have made a good Pope."
- Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

"Vote early and vote often."
- Al Capone (1899-1947)

"Why don't you write books people can read?"
- Nora Joyce to her husband James (1882-1941)

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962

"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"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.

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)