Don Watson(geniuses)
But even for geniuses there will be grueling times; for those of us less blessed, if it doesn't hurt, probably we're not trying hard enough.


PG Wodehouse (a corker or two)
She fitted into by biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season.

I turned to Aunt Agatha, whose demeanor was now rather like that of one who, picking daisies on the railway, has just caught the down express in the small of the back.

Francis Bacon(bringing home the bacon)
Knowledge is Power.

Ayn Rand (in essence)
My philosophy in essence is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive acheivement as his noblest activity and reason as his only absolute.

Vladimir Nabokov(common sense)
The Cradle rocks above an abyss and common senses tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

John Updike
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience.

Thornton Wilder
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice-cream while it's on your plate - that's my philos0phy.

Carpe Dieum - Vita Brevis
seize the day - life is short

Oscar Wilde
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.