Quotes
I keep this as a running list of quotes that I enjoy for reasons of humor, underlying truth or emotional impact. Unless a line has my name after it, I have no claim to the information other than having been the one to glean it from some other source. Since quotes are inherently plagiarized, I feel no need to credit any source other than the name to whom the quote is attributed.
Mark Twain:
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
Evan Esar:
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.
Charles Kuralt:
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
Ronald Reagan:
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
James Branch Cabell:
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
Andrew Carnegie:
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
Samuel Johnson:
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Robert X. Cringely:
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Arthur Schopenhauer:
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
P. J. Plauger:
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what’s really going on to be scared.