"They that govern the most, make least noise." John Selden
"Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside." Ludwig van Beethoven
"Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition." Jane Austen
"She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever." Mary Russell Mitford
"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true." George Santayana
"I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere." Noel Coward
"The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great best-sellers."
"Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible." Margaret Mead
"If no thought your mind does visit
make your speech not too explicit."
"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum." Arthur C. Clarke
"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."
"Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool." Liv Ullmann
"Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be."
"Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly." Billy Gibbons
"Ever notice that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved?" Bill Hicks