A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. |
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage. |
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. |
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. |
Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there. |
Computers aren't intelligent, they only think they are |
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. |
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. |
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. |
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. |
Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time. |
Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder-and turn quickly to my typewriter. |
Happiness is a direction, not a place. |
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? |
If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, ''You Only Live Once.'' |