It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. ~Leonardo da Vinci Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 - 1519)
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! ~Leonardo Da Vinci Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 - 1519)
No human thing is of serious importance. ~Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. ~Plato, The Republic Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC)
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. ~Douglas Adams English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast. ~Douglas Adams English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them: It is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a position of power should on no account be allowed to do the job. Another problem with governing people is people. ~Douglas Adams English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. ~Douglas Adams, Salmon of Doubt, 2002 English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise in their own conceit, instead of truly wise. ~Socrates, Phaedrus, sct. 275 Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC)
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ~Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ~George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ~US science fiction author (1928 - 1982)
America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole. ~Bobcat Goldthwaite
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ~Frank Zappa US musician, singer, & songwriter (1940 - 1993)
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. ~Alan Corenk
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo - use in that order. ~Ed Howdershelt
Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. ~Harry Truman