I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason He makes so many of them. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Don't talk about yourself, it will be done when you leave. - Addison Mizner (1872-1933), American architect, writer
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. - George Jean Nathan (1882-1958)
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious. - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument. - Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat and when you die you're just as graveyard dead as he is. - Louis Armstrong (1900-1971)
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
Everyone should learn to do one thing supremely well because he likes it, and one thing supremely well because he detests it. - B. W. M. Young (b. 1922)
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. - Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Praise yourself daringly, something always sticks. - Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Silence is the virtue of fools. - Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. - Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)
Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. - Barbara Walters (b. 1931)
There's a sucker born every minute. - Phineas T. Barnum (1810-1891)
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. - Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget," is only another way of saying, "I cannot forgive." - Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into disputation, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Creditors have better memories than debtors. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Clean your finger before you point at my spots. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
There never was a good war or a bad peace. - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Any author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Mathematics is the only science where one never knows what one is talking about nor whether what is said is true. - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill-paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid. - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise. - Bible, Proverbs
To be positive. To be mistaken at the top of one's voice. - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
A learned fool is one who has read everything, and simply remembered it. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. - William Blake (1757-1827)
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake (1757-1827)
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
Soldiers win battles and generals get the credit. - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear. - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
There's no such thing as a free lunch. - Milton Friedman (b. 1912)