[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better. Great short quote and quotation by: Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, July 16, 1992 , 42nd president of the United States (1946 – )
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[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)
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[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon?laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution?these can lift at a colossal humbug?push it a little?weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark […]
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[Long hair] is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket. Great short quote and quotation by: Marge Piercy ,
[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX , […]
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[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. Great short quote and quotation by: Napoleon Bonaparte , French general & politician (1769 – 1821)
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[Of the parralels between the railways and the church] both had their heyday in the mid-nineteenth century; both own a great deal of Gothic-style architecture which is expensive to maintain; both are regularly assailed by critics; and both are firmly convinced that they are the best means of getting man to his ultimate destination. Great […]
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[On recognizing China] But if you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them. For instance, we all recognize the right honourable gentleman the member for Ebbw Vale. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Winston Churchill , British politician (1874 – 1965)
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[Optimism is] the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire, Candide , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)
[Poetry] is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake. Great short quote and quotation by: Lord Byron , English poet & satirist (1788 – 1824)