I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981Quotes
The art of invention grows young with the things invented.
—Francis Bacon, 1605Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
—Iris Murdoch, 1978I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.
—Walter Bagehot, 1863There is a kind of revolution of so general a character that it changes the mental tastes as well as the fortunes of the world.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1665Life is no way to treat an animal.
—Kurt Vonnegut, 2005In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.
—Francis Grose, 1787It is a luxury to be understood.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1831Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.
—Horace, c. 20 BCI have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.
—Sarah Williams, 1868