“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”
— George Orwell“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
— Matt Groening“Invisible things are the only realities.”
— Edgar Allan Poe“Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?”
— William Makepeace Thackeray“Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.”
— Gary Larson“Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.”
— Edgar Allan Poe“, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.”
— Ambrose Bierce“Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.”
— George Orwell“Even ivory towers need central heating.”
— Breyten BreytenbachA government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
— George Bernard ShawA fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.
— George Bernard ShawHe knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
— George Bernard ShawThe trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
— Lily TomlinWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
— Oscar WildeI have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
— Clarence DarrowIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
— Jane AustenJournalism is about covering important stories — with a pillow, until they stop moving.
— George F WillI believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
— Steve Martin