His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god. Circum- stances being what they

Pereant, inquit, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. [Confound those who have said our remarks before us.] or [May they perish who have expressed our bright ideas before us.]

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old all down the unchanging days and die one day like any other day, only short

Therefore it is necessary to learn how not to be good, and to use this knowledge and not use it, according to the necessity of the cause.

True leadership is the art of changing a group from what it is to what it ought to be.

The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money.

He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.

Hark ye, Clinker, you are a most notorious offender. You stand convicted of sickness, hunger, wretchedness, and want.

Rascal, am I? Take THAT!

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

It's very glamorous to raise millions of dollars, until it's time for the venture capitalist to suck your eyeballs out.

Termiter's argument that God is His own grandmother generated a surprising amount of controversy among Church leaders, who on the one hand considered the argument unsupported by scripture but on the other hand were unwilling to risk offending God's g

Best Mistakes In Films In his "Filmgoer's Companion", Mr. Leslie Halliwell helpfully lists four of the cinema's greatest moments which you should get to see if at all possible. In "Carmen Jones", the camera tracks with Dorothy Dandridge down a st

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future.

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.

It is bad luck to be superstitious.

I need another lawyer like I need another hole in my head.

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

IV. The time required for an object to fall twenty stories is greater than or equal to the time it takes for whoever knocked it off the ledge to spiral down twenty flights to attempt to capture it unbroken. Such an object is inevitably price

I was in accord with the system so long as it permitted me to function effectively.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

Indiana is a state dedicated to basketball. Basketball, soybeans, hogs and basketball. Berkeley, needless to say, is not nearly as athletic. Berkeley is dedicated to coffee, angst, potholes and coffee.

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

The reasons that each of these countries has had to renege on its financial committments were all somewhat different: Argentina because of a war, Poland because of its vast misguided overinvestment in heavy industry, Honduras because the coffee price

The better part of valor is discretion.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

American cars are made shoddily... Cars made overseas are far superior.

"Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him."

With a gentleman I try to be a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

Lo! Men have become the tool of their tools.

Remember: Silly is a state of Mind, Stupid is a way of Life.

What we need in this country, instead of Daylight Savings Time, which nobody really understands anyway, is a new concept called Weekday Morning Time, whereby at 7 a.m. every weekday we go into a space-launch-style "hold" for two to three hours, durin

The government [is] extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept ever in mind, how

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.

Heaven and earth were created all together in the same instant, on October 23rd, 4004 B.C. at nine o'clock in the morning.

Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I Will Fight No More Forever.