The quotes reflect those things I am interested in so it mainly comes from the worlds of politics, military history, comedy and science fiction & fantasy. For the most part I have avoided quotes that are person or event specific, though there are exceptions.
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“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.” --Douglas Adams
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” --Douglas Adams
“A learning experience is one of those things that say, ‘You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.’" --Douglas Adams
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” --Douglas Adams
“A learning experience is one of those things that say, ‘You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.’" --Douglas Adams
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” --John Adams
“In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.” --David Ben-Gurion
“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.” --David Ben-Gurion
“Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.” --Otto von Bismarck
“Politics is the art of the possible.” --Otto von Bismarck
"Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake." --Napoleon Bonaparte
“Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.“ --Napoleon Bonaparte
“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.” --Napoleon Bonaparte
“What then is, generally speaking, the truth of history? A fable agreed upon.” --Napoleon Bonaparte
“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.” --Art Buchwald
“A good speech should be like a woman’s skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.” --Winston Churchill
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” --Winston Churchill
“A fanatic is someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” --Winston Churchill
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” --Winston Churchill
“Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig! He looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal.” --Winston Churchill
“Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” --Winston Churchill
“He who laughs most, learns best.” --John Cleese
“If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?” --John Cleese
“I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.” --Oliver Cromwell
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!” --Oliver Cromwell, Address to the Rump Parliament.
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” --Marcus Tullius Cicero
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” --Benjamin Disraeli
“Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.” --Benjamin Disraeli
“If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity.” --Benjamin Disraeli
“Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.” --Benjamin Disraeli
“I don’t drink these days. I’m allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs.” --Robert Downey, Jr.
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” --Albert Einstein
“If I were to remain silent, I would be guilty of complicity.” --Albert Einstein
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” --Albert Einstein
“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.” --Dwight D. Eisenhower
“You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the fucking game.” --Harlan Ellison
“I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.” --Marty Feldman
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” --Benjamin Franklin
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