Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Sir Winston Churchill

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. Oscar Wilde

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Ghandi

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. Confucius

A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. Benjamin Franklin

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... Dwight Eisenhower

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability. Andy Rooney

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. H.L. Mencken

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche

A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment. Dorothy Parker

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. Theodore Roosevelt

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House? Will Rogers

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge. Lao-tzu

Facts are stupid things. Ronald Reagan

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. Voltaire