" No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time. "

James Madison, The Federalist, Paper # 10 4th president of US (1751 – 1836)

" A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water. "

Mae West US movie actress (1892 – 1980)

" You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong. "

John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 a.m.

" We use 10 percent of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60 percent. "

Ellen DeGeneres US comedian and actress

" The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. "

Alan Patrick Herbert

" Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Stupidity has a certain charm – ignorance does not. "

Frank Zappa US musician, singer, & songwriter (1940 – 1993)

" Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled. "

Wu Ting-Fang

" Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. "

Theodore Roosevelt 26th president of US (1858 – 1919)

" Mere sorrow, which weeps and sits still, is not repentance. Repentance is sorrow converted into action; into a movement toward a new and better life. "

M. R. Vincent

" Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As there is wrong to right. "

Alfred Austin

" There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth! "

Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

" My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen — no retouching, no shadows, no flattery — just stark me. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

" I do not believe the Union will disolve, I believe it will become all one thing, or all the other. "

Abraham Lincoln, A House Divided 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

" The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. "

Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935 US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control. "

Democritus Greek philosopher (460 BC – 370 BC)

" A good resolution is like an old horse, which is often saddled but rarely ridden. "

Mexican Proverb

" Drink to me. "

Pablo Picasso, last words Spanish Cubist painter (1881 – 1973)

" Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. "

W. H. Auden US (English-born) critic & poet (1907 – 1973)

" All the blessings which you pray to obtain hereafter could be yours today, if you did not deny them to yourself. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

" Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do. "

Dale Carnegie

" Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it. "

John Dewey US educator, Pragmatist philosopher, & psychologist (1859 – 1952)

" A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America. "

Otto von Bismarck German Prussian politician (1815 – 1898)

" For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. "

Clarence E. Hodges

" The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. "

Nelson Boswell

" People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. "

Rebecca West Irish critic, journalist, & novelist (1892 – 1983)

" The human mind must believe in something, so why not let it believe what it does believe. "

Author Unknown

" Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterward propagate it. "

Johnson

" You cannot keep a man down without staying down with him. "

Steve Biko

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