"Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas." Sir Francis Galton
"There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence."
"Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." George Macaulay Trevelyan
"There's a saying among prospectors: 'Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.'" Robert Flaherty
"His mind was like a Roquefort cheese, so ripe that it was palpably falling to pieces."
"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?" Edgar Bergen
"What do you give a man who has everything? Penicillin."
"Getting involved is so, so ... involving." Vera-Ellen Westmeyer Rohe
"Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place." John Schlesinger
"The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation."
"You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it." Salvatore Phillip Bono
"For a time, I was living the life of Ernest Hemingway." Margaux Hemingway
"This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is." John McEnroe