What are some of your favorite sayings?

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“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.”
- Arthur Calwell

There's a difference between being optimistic and seeing everything through rose-tinted glasses.

“Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-John F. Kennedy

“God is really only another artist, he made the elephant, giraffe and cat. He has no real style but keeps trying new ideas.”
-Pablo Picasso

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
-Martin Luther King Jr. (itilacs mine)

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."

John Lennon

“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”
-Robin Williams

“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.”
-Jerome P. Fleishman

“Anywhere is walking distance, if you've got the time.”
-Steven Wright

i got another one that should have been up a while ago.

"if i die your coming with me"

and

"i came without being consulted and i leave without my consent"
epitaph from a tombstone that i saw in ripley's

"If you want what visible reality can give, you're an employee.
If you want the unseen world, you're not living your truth.
Both wishes are foolish, but you'll be forgiven for forgetting that what you really want is love's confusing joy."
-Rumi

Outside of the killings DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country ~ Mayor Marion Barry

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue
Richard Nixon

George Bush does't have the manhood to apologise ~ Walter Mondale

Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his anytime.
George Bush

"No snowflake falls in an inappropriate place" - Zen saying

“I am not young enough to know everything.”
- Oscar Wilde

Nice one.


"Mortuis nil nissi bonum", or "Speak nothing but good of the dead". I like to add the appendum, "unless they were bas****s".
Latin Proverb

"Getting two bucks and a f*** off note is bad, but not knowing whether you're being considered for a position is worse."
My own saying, on applying for work.

"When around a***holes, do not give them any alcohol to drink. This acts as a verbal enema."
Someone may have coined it already, but I'm saying it's mine.

"Reality and his brain collided, and the outcome was fatal."
Paraphrasing Thomas Huxley's comment on the fatal horse-riding accident that killed anti-Darwinist "Soapy Sam" Wilberforce.

“I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
- Rita Rudner