Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. Charles Lamb English critic & essayist (1775 - 1834) Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair. Johnny Carson US comedian & television host (1925 - 2005) Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. Herbert Henry Asquith British politician (1852 - 1928) Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. W. C. Fields US actor (1880 - 1946) Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. Russel Lynes I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. James M. Barrie Scottish dramatist & novelist (1860 - 1937) The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good. Robert Graves British author & classical scholar (1895 - 1985) Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists" Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970) There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it. Cicero, De Divinatione Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC) |