Quotaria

"He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar
would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors."
- Rudyard Kipling

"He was a genius - that is to say, a man who
does superlatively and without obvious effort
something that most people cannot do by the
uttermost exertion of their abilities."
- Robertson Davies

"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables
you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."
- Franklin P. Jones

"I have learned to use the word 'impossible'
with the greatest caution."
- Wernher von Braun

"Try to leave the Earth a better
place than when you arrived."
- Sidney Sheldon

"Life must be understood backwards;
but... it must be lived forward."
- Soren Kierkegaard

Quotes

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.
- WH Auden

"Human salvation lies in the hands
of the creatively maladjusted."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

I love quotations because it is a joy to
find thoughts one might have, beautifully
expressed with much authority by someone
recognized wiser than oneself.
- Marlene Dietrich

You must not fight too often with one enemy,
or you will teach him all your tricks of war.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

Basic research is what I'm doing
when I don't know what I'm doing.
- Wernher von Braun

"Democracy means government by discussion, but it
is only effective if you can stop people talking."
- Clement Atlee

Quotes

There is just one thing I can promise you about the
outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
- Wernher von Braun

I was walking down the street wearing
glasses when the prescription ran out.
- Steven Wright

I've been on a diet for two weeks
and all I've lost is two weeks.
- Totie Fields

If you live long enough, the venerability
factor creeps in; first, you get accused
of things you never did, and later, credited
for virtues you never had. - IF Stone

If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth,
inventor of television, we'd still be
eating frozen radio dinners.
- Johnny Carson

"Talking about music is like
dancing about architecture."
- Steve Martin