A few from my quotefile:
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
- Brendan Behan, The Hostage, act 1
Taking anything too seriously is as big a threat as not taking it seriously enough.
- Berke Breathed, in an interview with Scott Kurtz, 19 February 2001
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
- Carl Sagan, Brocas's Brain
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough
- William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
- Brendan Behan, The Hostage, act 1
Taking anything too seriously is as big a threat as not taking it seriously enough.
- Berke Breathed, in an interview with Scott Kurtz, 19 February 2001
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
- Carl Sagan, Brocas's Brain
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough
- William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012