The unexpected always happens.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

Ignoring your intuition telling you this person is not for you will likely lead to more time wasted and more disappointments along the way.

Lightening flashed again and again but above the shriek of the wind and the pounding hail they never heard the thunder.

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving

In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness.

You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.

If there are rules, we're the ones making them. We can change them whenever we want to.

Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes.

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.