Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

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I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.

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It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. - Voltaire

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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

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There was a young man of Herne Bay who was making some fireworks one day: but he dropped his cigar in the gunpowder jar. There was a young man of Herne Bay.

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From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere! ― Dr. Seuss

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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. — John Archibald Wheeler

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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

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I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended. — Nelson Mandela

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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.

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