The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity. ... Fuss, the god of the Southern Ocean, and Fret, the god of the Northern Ocean, h

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, "one when he was a boy and one when he was a man."

History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names.

I went to a Grateful Dead Concert and they played for SEVEN hours. Great song.

"God gives burdens; also shoulders" Jimmy Carter cited this Jewish saying in his concession speech at the end of the 1980 election. At least he said it was a Jewish saying; I can't find it anywhere. I'm sure he's telling the truth though; why wo

If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.

My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!

Facts, apart from their relationships, are like labels on empty bottles.

If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.

It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons, insist of the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of h

The faster we go, the rounder we get.

Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday.

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.