QUOTES CLXXVIII

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it must be their fault.

Henry Kissinger

 

Zeal: A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.

Ambrose Bierce

 

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

Abigail Van Buren

[Abigail Van Buren (DEAR ABBY) and her twin sister Ann Landers were both widely known and respected advice columnists. In a cruel irony, the two sisters never spoke to each other and carried on a life-long feud.]

To my embarrassment, I was born in bed with a woman.

Wilson Mizner

Every positive value has its price in negative terms. The genius of Einstein led to Hiroshima.

Pablo Picasso

 

When we want to kill animals, we call it sport. When the animals want to kill us, we call it ferocity.

George Bernard Shaw

Character is much easier kept than recovered

Thomas Paine