Greek Philospher Wisdom

The gods too are fond of a joke. - Aristotle

Latin Wisdom

NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM = Don't let the bastards get you down

Parisian Stage Actor Wisdom

You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. – Sacha Guitry

Philosopher Wisdom

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices – William James

Humorist Wisdom

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. – E. B. White

Royal Wisdom

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

Producer Wisdom

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. – Jane Wagner

Humorist Wisdom

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? – James Thurber

English Novelist Wisdom

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. – George Eliot

Writer/Director Wisdom

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. Nora Ephron

Composer Wisdom

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. – Edgard Varese

Literary Wisdom

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. David Herbert Lawrence

Fantasy Writer Wisdom

We’re not lost. We’re locationally challenged. – John M. Ford

Royal Wisdom

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. – Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales

Political Satirist Wisdom

The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’ meaning ‘many’ and the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites.’ – Larry Hardiman

Satirist/Comedian Wisdom

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. – Mark Russell

Composer Wisdom

A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, “you should make a point of trying every once, except incest and folk dancing. – Sir Arnold Bax

Raconteur Wisdom

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. – Quentin Crisp

English Journalist Wisdom

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G.K.Chesterton

1st Earl of Beaconsfield Wisdom

I repeat….that all power is a trust, that we are accountable for it’s exercise, that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. – Benjamin Disraeli

British Philosopher Wisdom

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury – John Stuart Mill

Abolitionist Wisdom

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. – Frederick Douglass

Canadian Actor Wisdom

Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again – Mike Meyers

Playwrite Wisdom

A fellow who is always declaring he’s no fool usually has his suspicions. – Wilson Mizner

Physicist Wisdom

The world is my lobster. – Henry J Tillman

Conmedic Fashion Designer Wisdom

I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when the see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are what we choose. Margaret Cho

British Naturalist Wisdom

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change – Charles Darwin

Radio Damatist Wisdom

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. – Douglas Adams

Artist Wisdom

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright.

Comedic Actor Wisdom

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people – W. C. Fields

"Totally Unique Thoughts" Wisdom

"A goal or a dream that doesn't challenge the dreamer to become more than they've ever been, to go where they've never gone, or to feel things they've never felt, is actually like wishing for a giant "life snooze button.". Mike Dooley

Entertainer Wisdom

If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life - Cher

Comedic Wisdom

It’s no longer a question of staying healthy. It’s a question of finding a sickness you like – Jackie Mason

Unknown Wisdom

Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity - Unknown

Animators Wisdom

I just realized that there’s going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way – Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Astronomer & Astrochemist Wisdom

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. – Carl Sagan

Educator Wisdom

One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present. – Stephen Covey

American Author Wisdom

"The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses." - Erica Jong

American Poet Wisdom

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work – Robert Frost

Novelist Wisdom

The purpose of life is to fight maturity. – Dick Werthimer

Orwellian Wisdom

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink. – George Orwell

Comedic Wisdom

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling. – Paul Poundstone

Earl of Orford Wisdom

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. – Horace Walpole

Deacon Wisdom

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness. And the serious look may be the sover veil that covers a divine peace and joy. – Edward Chapin

Mathemetician Wisdom

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind geometry. – Martin Gardner

Hierarchiologist Wisdom

Everyone rises to their own level of incompetence. Laurence J Peter

Marketer Wisdom

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. – E. Joseph Cossman

Science Fiction Wisdom

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power – David Brin

Canadian Novelist Wisdom

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. – Robertson Davies

Comedic Wisdom

You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there. – George Burns

Theoretical Physicist Wisdom

If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day. – John A. Wheeler

Essayist Wisdom

People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being unjust – E. B. White

Writer Wisdom

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night – Edgar Allan Poe

Management Consultant Wisdom

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. – Peter Drucker

Writer Wisdom

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. – Bonnie Friedman

December 1, 2007

American Comedienne Wisdom

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity - Gilda Radner

Radio Host Wisdom

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart. – Fred Allen

Cowboy Wisdom

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. – Will Rogers

Comedic Wisdom

Hello Seeker!
Now don’t feel alone here in the New Age because there’s a seeker born every minute! – Firesign Theatre

TV Show Host Wisdom

The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren’t any space aliens. We can’t be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we’re not all there is. If so…we’re in big trouble. – Ellen DeGeneres

Sexual Therapist Wisdom

What we call “Progress” is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance – Havelock Ellis

Roman Statesman Wisdom

Friendships make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. - Cicero

Computer Scientist Wisdom

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. – Alan Kay

Media Executive Wisdom

Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears. – Robert W Sarnoff

Novelist Wisdom

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say “I want to see the manager”. William S Burroughs

Cartoonist Wisdom

Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t the fine line between sanity and madness gotten finer? – George Price

Zen Wisdom

Before enlightenment,

I chopped wood and carried water.

After enlightenment,

I chopped wood and carried water.

-Zen saying

Journalistic Wisdom

All animals are equal….but some animals are more equal than others – George Orwell

Jazz Artist Wisdom

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don’t, you’re simply ducking your responsibilities. – Ann Richards

Expressionis Artist Wisdom

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time – Willem de Kooning

Writer Wisdom

To want to be what one can be is purpose in life – Cynthia Ozick

Motivational Speaker Wisdom

Live your life as though there is great joy to be experienced…an abundance of goodness in each person you come in contact with, and the knowledge that you have enough inner wisdom to answer the mysteries that challenge you. – Meladee McCarty

Irish Playwrite Wisdom

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution – Oscar Wilde

French Author Wisdom

The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in streets and to steal bread. – Anatole France

Unknown Wisdom

My Karma ran over your dogma - Unknown

Welsh Poet Wisdom

Someone’s boring me. I think it’s me. – Dylan Thomas

Writer Wisdom

Never explain…..your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway – Elbert Hubbard

Physicist Wisdom

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the US National deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. – Richard Feynman

Halloween Wisdom

Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon's silver ray,
Thrives their helter-skelter play.
~Joel Benton

Comedic Wisdom

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing – Redd Foxx

Modernist Wisdom

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in. ~ Katherine Mansfield

Novelist Wisdom

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. – Charles Dickens

Comedic Wisdom

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.- Jonathan Winters

Satirist Wisdom

People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story about how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than the future. – Chuck Palahniuk

Foster's Law

The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders – Foster’s Law

I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say. – Marshall McLuhan

Painter Wisdom

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.- Henry Miller

Comedic Wisdom

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. – Billy Vaughan

French Author Wisdom

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. – Jules Renard

Italian Philosopher Wisdom..

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else – Umberto Eco

Friendship Wisdom

A friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is someone who will help you move the body. - Anonymous

Roman Wisdom

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. - Cicero

Philosophical Wisdom

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments – Friedrich Neitzsche

Submariner Wisdom

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. The must be driven into practice with courageous patience. Hyman Rickover

Jazz Musician Wisdom

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diets, mysticism, religions,intellectualism and much more, only to begin to find...that truth is basically simple - and feels good, clean and right. - Chick Corea (1941-) American Jazz Musician

Ancient Roman Wisdom

From the end spring new beginnings - Pliny the Elder

American Writer Wisdom...

Genius may have it’s limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped – Elbert Hubbard

Academy Award Winning Actor Wisdom

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom. - Peter Ustinov

Presidential Wisdom

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. Woodrow Wilson