Quotes

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
– James Bovard, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States,
and there has always been. The strain of
anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread
winding its way through our political and cultural
life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy
means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’
– Isaac Asimov

But has any little atom,
While a-sittin’ and a-splittin’,
Ever stopped to think or CARE
That E = m c**2 ?
– Unknown

The USA is so enormous, and so numerous are its schools,
colleges and religious seminaries, many devoted to
special religious beliefs ranging from the unorthodox
to the dotty, that we can hardly wonder at its yielding
a more bounteous harvest of gobbledegook than the rest
of the world put together.
– Sir Peter Medawar

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
– Henry Kissinger

Saliva causes cancer, but only if swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.
– George Carlin

You cannot acheive the impossible without attempting the absurd.
– Unknown

Who made the world I cannot tell;
‘Tis made, and here am I in hell.
My hand, though now my knuckles bleed,
I never soiled with such a deed.
– A. E. Housman

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
– Ansel Adams

The secret of happiness is freedom.
The secret of freedom is courage.
– Thucydides