"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing." Jean-Baptiste Colbert
"Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip." John Locke
"You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable." Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us." Maurice Maeterlinck
"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there." Charles F. Kettering
"A pretty girl is better than a plain one
A leg is better than an arm
A bedroom is better than a living room
An arrival is better that a departure
A birth is better than a death
A chase is better than a chat
A dog is better than a landscape
A kitten is better than a dog
A baby is better than a kitten
A kiss is better than a baby
A pratfall is better than anything."
Edmund Preston Biden
"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." Ingrid Bergman
"Perfectionists are their own devils." Jack Kirby
"Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you." Charlie Parker
"Elizabeth Taylor looks like two small boys fighting underneath a mink blanket." Richard Selzer
"The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television is tremendously important, both in photography, television, and film." Sir Richard Attenborough
"By the time a film of mine makes it into the theatres, I have a love-hate relationship with it. There is always something I could have done to make it better."
"Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustained several severe blows to the head in prison camp." John McCain
"I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'" Elliott Goldstein
"I don't know if prison is good for everybody, but it did me a lot of good." Hugh Cornwell
"If I wasn't a musician, I would be a serial killer." Kevin Michael Allin
"I was a veteran before I was a teenager." Michael Jackson