"He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas." -Ben Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that's the Stuff Life is made of." -Ben Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack
“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”-George Washington
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” -Thomas Jefferson
“I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane." -Edgar Allen Poe
“Actually, I do have doubts, all the time. Any thinking person does. There are so many sides to every question." -Edgar Allen Poe
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right." -Abraham Lincoln
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." -Abraham Lincoln
“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be." -Abraham Lincoln
“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” -Harriet Tubman
“I was educated once-it took me years to get over it." -Mark Twain
“Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person."-Mark Twain
”Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” -Mark Twain
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion." -Henry David Thoreau
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.” -Walt Whitman
“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.” -Calvin Coolidge
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." -Will Rogers
"Never miss a good chance to shut up." -Will Rogers
"If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?" -Will Rogers
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou
“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” -Thomas Sowell
“Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.” -Steven Spielberg
“The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.” -Steven Spielberg
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