"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -- George Washington
"Few man have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." -- George Washington
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appelation." -- George Washington
"Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug." -- Jerry Trupiano
"Little people do little things, big people do big things. You're not a little person." -- Gene Mauch
"An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides." -- Ed Meese
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." -- Douglas Bader
"A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself." -- Benjamin Disraeli (speaking of William E. Gladstone)
"People accuse me of not being right. They tell me I have a problem. I say, 'So what? I'm happy!'" -- Ken Davis
"For those who know you, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't know you, no explanation is possible." -- Rod Carew
"If it's illegal, why are we talking about it?" -- Sonny Bono on illegal immigration
"I only had one thing going for me -- speed and quickness." -- Deacon Jones
"I had always heard that college was supposed to be the best four years of your life. During my last two years, I often said to people, 'If this is the best there is, shoot me now.'" -- Harold Morrison
"Never promise more than you can do, and always do more than expected to." -- Anonymous
more to come