"The tone policing of respectability ensures that the fight for equality becomes the responsibility of the oppressed."   --  Mik...

“A ll is for the best in the best of all possible worlds"  --  said sarcastically by Voltaire. ...

“ You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.”     ― Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People ...

“ One must imagine Sisyphus happy."     -- Albert Camus. ...

“ What is dead may never die."     -- the Drowned God. ...

“ What benefits the enemy, harms you; and what benefits you, harm the enemy."     --  Niccolo Machiavelli  ...

“ Study the past, if you would divine the future."     --  Confucius ...

“ The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartle...

“ You ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up? You know that feeling that the whole country is like, one ...

“ Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day ...

“ Never give a sucker an even break.”     -- William Claude Dukenfield ...

“ Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.”     -- Ron Swanson ...

“ My characters hope for better lives.”     -- Octavia Butler ...

“ It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech”     -- Mark Twain ...

“ Chicago ain't ready for reform yet!”     -- -- Chicago 43rd Ward Alderman Mathias "Paddy" Bauler, 1955 ...

“  Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. ”     -- George Carlin. ...

“ Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”     -- American author and teacher Verna Hills, 1937,  later adapted by teachers and parent...

“ Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”     -- Sun Tzu ...

“  Time moves in one direction, memory in another. “   -- William Gibson, writer ...

“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.“   -- probably...