Quotable Quotes

1. If you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish into it.
   William Ornton
2. Never argue; repeat your assertion
   Robert Owen
3. Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
   Phædrus, Fables, (8 AD)
4. Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift.
   Miss Piggy (Muppet character, by Jim Henson/Frank Oz)
5. Decide promptly, but never give your reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
   Lord Mansfield
6. In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, be sure to leave room for the mouse.
   H.H. Munro ("Saki")
7. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
   Oscar Wilde
8. Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
   Anon.
9. When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.
   Anon.
10. The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.
    Marcus Aurelius
11. The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
    Lucille Ball
12. Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
    Aaron Burr
13. You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun, than you can with a kind word alone.
    Al Capone
14. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
    James Bryant Conant
15. There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.
    Monta Crane
16. Damn your principles. Stick to your party.
    Benjamin Disraeli

and finally, some smashing recursive witticisms
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
Benjamin Disraeli
Never use intuition.
Omar Bradley