People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
- Soren Kierkegaard

There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
- Stephen Colbert

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy.
- Robert Anthony

"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!"
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

"I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on."
- Beryl Pfizer

"In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right."
- Ellen Goodman

"I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not ( Read more... )

"A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future."
- Sidney J. Harris

"The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it."
- Warren Buffett