Quotes of the Day

And since I've missed a few days...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. Or, maybe it's flies to be devoured by sorrow and man to be eaten by...ah, hell. I don't know.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. But I especially like Penthouse Letters.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. Unless I'm busy, then all bets are off.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. I think.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal in Utah.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. So, please untie the rope from around my neck.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. Invest in chocolate.

Quote of the Day

Common sense is not so common in politicians.

Quote of the Day

Still "improving" on the French philosopher. But he was French, so improvements come easily!

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. I'm not sure what my mother-in-law gave. Probably a tie.

(mis)Quote of the Day

More Voltaire:

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. This message brought to you by Winchester Repeating Arms.*





*Ironically, Voltaire himself was responding to a famous quote by Napoleon.

More Quotes

Still picking on Voltaire...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets, or the Bee Gees. Then they should be punished extra.

And another:

Business is the salt of life, which is why your job raises your blood pressure.

And, because I was occupied, and missed a couple of days...

Common sense is not so common in politicians.

Quote of the Day

I think I'm going to start giving a quote of the day. These will probably be famous quotes I've mangled, but some may be my own. Here's the first, given by Voltaire, and improved by me:

A witty saying proves nothing...even if penned by R.A. Heinlein.

And one more...

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God, or of peanut butter.