Quotes (#461)

"My definition of an expert in any field
is a person who knows enough about what's
really going on to be scared."
- P. J. Plauger

"Idealism is what precedes experience;
cynicism is what follows."
- David T. Wolf

"When I read about the evils of
drinking, I gave up reading."
- Henny Youngman

"No one means all he says, and yet
very few say all they mean, for words
are slippery and thought is viscous."
- Henry Adams

"Illusion is the first
of all pleasures."
- Oscar Wilde

"Everybody hates me because
I'm so universally liked."
- Peter de Vries

Quotes

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
when you fall into an open sewer and die."
- Mel Brooks

"Always be nice to those younger than you, because
they are the ones who will be writing about you."
- Cyril Connolly

"If I have seen further it is by
standing on the shoulders of giants."
- Isaac Newton

"Many would be cowards if
they had courage enough."
- Thomas Fuller

"There is no such thing as an underestimate
of average intelligence."
- Henry Adams

"It is a good rule in life never to apologize.
The right sort of people do not want apologies,
and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them."
- P.G. Wodehouse