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103 Words of Wisdom
103 Words of Wisdom
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like
administering medicine to the dead.
The intelligence of a group is inversely proportionate to its size
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents
become better people as a result of practicing it.
There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their
products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to
advertise them.
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich
countries to rich people in poor countries.
Plagiarism is copying from one source; research is copying from many.
There are many humorous things in the world: among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages
No one is perfect, but some of us are closer than others.
It's not what you say in your argument, it's how loud you say it.
The worst part of having success is trying to find someone who is
happy for you.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read, but nobody
wants to read
Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you recognize a
mistake when you make it again.
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler- and
less trouble
The only way to get rid of corruption in high places is to get rid of high
places.
Build a better mouse trap... and you'll be sued by someone who
patented mouse trapping devices in 1993.
A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it
is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it.
Nothing brings people closer than a common enemy
Friends, people who borrow your books and set wet glasses on them.
People who know you well, but like you anyway.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the
difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster
than you is a maniac.
Friends may come and go, but your enemies accumulate. Thus, it is
imperative that you befriend as many of them as possible.
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a
winning candidate.
Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much
trouble to put makeup on two faces.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.