“In my many years I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” (John Adams, quoted in WashingtonPost.com) Amen, to that! [AH]
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” (Tom Clancy, quoted in FastCompany.com)
“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” (Sydney Harris)
“People worry about kids playing with guns or watching violent videos. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands, of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery, and loss.” (Nick Homby, quoted in the Toronto Star)
“There is no cure for birth and death except to enjoy the interval.” (George Santayana, quoted in the Monterrey County, Calif. Herald)
“The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other relationships is forgetfulness.” (Alice Walker, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald)
“Frankness is often a euphemism for rudeness.” (Muriel Spark, quoted in The Boston Globe)
“He who influences the thought of his times, influences the times that follow.” (Elbert Hubbard)
“To live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.” (Epictetus, quoted in The Boston Globe)
“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” (Sean O’Casey, quoted in the Detroit Free Press)
“The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.” (Foster’s Law)
