The Quote Distillery: October

1. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else”, Margaret Mead
2. “There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way”, Christopher Morley
3. “Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control people”, Henry Kissinger, 1970
4. “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one”, A.J.Liebling
5. “Life is too short for menus”
6. “I have no problem making something that no one will ever use”, Abe Skray
7. “Yes, it’s easy, isn’t it”, koan911
8. “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities”, Voltaire
9. “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it”, Mahatma Gandhi
10. “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
11. “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers!”, Shakespeare, Henry VI
12. “It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry”, H. L. Mencken
13. “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men”, Plato (427-347 B.C.)
14. “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office”, Aesop (620-560 B.C.)
15. “When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression”, H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), American author
16. “A patriot must be ready to defend his country from his government”, Edward Abbey
17. “Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence”, Oscar Wilde
18. “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies” Thomas Jefferson, US President; 1743 – 1826
19. “Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby”, anonymous
20. “I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours”, Stephen F. Roberts
21. “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time”, Bertrand Russell
22. “War does not determine who is right; only who is left”, Bertrand Russell
23. “What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof”, Christopher Hitchens
24. “Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose”, Albert Schweitzer
25. “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”, Wayne Gretzky
26. “Good artists copy, great artists steal”, Picasso
27. “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless and corrupt”, Gandhi
28. “I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience torpid through virtuous inactivity are more to me than corner lots and praise”, Mark Twain
29. “When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained”, Mark Twain
30. “Revenge is a condiment served in Hell”, (seen painted on the wall of a restaurant in Salamanca)
31. “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge”, Charles Darwin
32. “One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision”, Bertrand Russell
33. “The best way to rid yourself of an enemy is to turn [it] into an ally”, Steve Jobs, (paraphrased), speaking in 1997 about Microsoft.

The Quote Distillery: September