When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars. Edgar Watson Howe
It’s my rule never to lose me temper ‘til it would be detrimental to keep it. Sean O’Casey
He that has a secret to hide should not only hide it but hide that he has it to hide. Thomas Carlyle
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind. W. Somerset Maugham
If you want to succeed in politics, you must keep your conscience well under control. David Lloyd George
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. James Reston
A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing. Frederick Sawyer
Politics: a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. Ambrose Bierce
When I was a boy I was told that anyone could become President. I’m beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow
It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him. Olin Miller
The only thing experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing. Andre’ Maurois
It is better to waste one’s youth than to do nothing with it at all. Georges Courteline
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down (anonymous - a common saying stated by parents in Japan to encourage conformity over expression)
If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. Gelett Burgess
Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. Colette
If I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. Alan Greenspan
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. Herman Hesse
Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought. Graham Greene
Tolerance is only another name for indifference. W. Somerset Maugham
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. Linus Pauling
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. Michel de Montaigne
That is the thankless position of the father in the family—the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
August Strindberg
Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted André Malraux
From James Thurber
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
The haves have not what all the have-nots have since much of having is the need to have. Samuel Hazo
"The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities." Wilfrid Sheed