“Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.” Continue reading
Glaser and Way on Law
“The problem with any unwritten law is that you don’t know where to go to erase it.” Continue reading
Doug Larson on Language
“If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.” Continue reading
Louis Pasteur on Education
“Fortune favors the prepared mind.” Continue reading
Mother Teresa on Peace
“Peace begins with a smile.” Continue reading
Edith Wharton on Happiness
“There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there’s only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have a fairly good time.” Continue reading
Isaac Asimov on Knowledge
“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Love
“To love another person is to see the face of God.” Continue reading
Amanda Cross on Quotations
“The point of quotations is that one can use another’s words to be insulting.” Continue reading
Arthur C. Clarke on Science Fiction
“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.” Continue reading
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