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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Thomas Jefferson, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.

Frank Herbert, Dune, in Work and Recreation

Whenever anyone says anything he is indulging in theories.

Alfred Korzybski, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue

He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Confucius, in Work and Recreation

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

Christian Nevell Bovee, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine. His head trails a wake through the galaxy of the absurd.

René Char, in Success and Failure

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Success and Failure

Let's have some new clichés.

Samuel Goldwyn, in Art and Literature

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

Timothy Leary, in Men and Women

The more you wrestle with a turd, the more shit gets on you.

Shelly Horton, in Success and Failure

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats, in Success and Failure

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

Jesus may love you, but I think you're garbage wrapped in skin.

Doug Kenney, in Love and Hate

I improve on misquotation.

Cary Grant, in Wisdom and Ignorance

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.

John Brown, in Vice and Virtue

Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it.

Benjamin Franklin, in Wisdom and Ignorance

If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.

Hans A. Bethe, in War and Peace

I've never met a healthy person who worried much about his health or a good person who worried much about his soul.

Haldane, in Vice and Virtue and Vice and Virtue