A brilliant man knowing the extent of his brilliance will always draw attention to his folly.

An incompetent man who knows not the extent of his incompetence will invariably boast of the most minuscule displays of capacity. - David van Moorsel Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? - Francois de La Rochefoucauld A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. - Bertrand Russell Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made. - Otto von Bismarck Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. - Jim Morrison People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. - Soren Kierkegaard If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either. - Dick Cavett The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. - Jean Giraudoux That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent. - Aldous Huxley Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? - Edgar Bergen The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. - Oscar Wilde A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. - Herm Albright

Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. - Anonymous Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. - Suzanne Necker The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. - Katharine Whitehorn The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. - Mark Twain Morality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right. H L Mencken

If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. - PJ O'Rourke There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. - Sir Francis Bacon Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. - Bertrand Russell Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. Adolf Hitler I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator. Adolf Hitler

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent. - Robert Copeland Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. - Floyd Dell I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts. - Bethania McKenstry