HL Mencken Famous Quotes

The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.
~Author : HL Mencken Famous Quotes

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.
~Author : Christine Lavin Inspirational Sayings

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and how it is said.
~Author : Vaclav Havel Nice Quotes

Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men.
~Author : Victor Hugo Great Sayings

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
~Author : Confucius Meaningful Sayings

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.
~Author : Julius K Nyerere Wise Quotes

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment, to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure ?- that is all agnosticism means.
~Author : Clarence Darrow Scopes Trial 1925 Motivational Sayings

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
~Author : Mark Twain Famous Quotes

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
~Author : Will Rogers Inspirational Sayings

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
~Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Sign of Four Nice Quotes

None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
~Author : Muhammad Great Sayings

I do not know the American gentleman, god forgive me for putting two such words together.
~Author : Charles Dickens Meaningful Sayings

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
~Author : George Bernard Shaw Back to Methuselah 1921 pt 5 Wise Quotes

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
~Author : John Christian Bovee Motivational Sayings

Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude.
~Author : William Shakespeare Famous Quotes

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
~Author : Roger Bannister Inspirational Sayings

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
~Author : Indira Gandhi quoted by Christian Science Monitor May 17 1982 Nice Quotes

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
~Author : Mark Twain Great Sayings

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.
~Author : H L Mencken Meaningful Sayings

Life is something that everyone should try at least once.
~Author : Henry J Tillman Wise Quotes

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
~Author : Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Motivational Sayings

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.
~Author : Ronald Firbank Famous Quotes

I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look and look, but you know what They never find him. And you know why they never find him It doesn't say. The book leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide. Then, at the very end, there's a page you can lick and it tastes like Kool-Aid.
~Author : Jack Handey Deep Thoughts Inspirational Sayings

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.
~Author : Helen Keller Nice Quotes

Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
~Author : William Shakespeare As You Like It Act 1 scene 2 Great Sayings

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
~Author : Samuel Johnson Meaningful Sayings

An American is a man with two arms and four wheels.
~Author : A Chinese Child Wise Quotes

Senator, I am one of them. You do not seem to understand who I am. I am a black woman, the daughter of a dining-car worker ... If my life has any meaning at all, it is that those who start out as outcasts can wind up as being part of the system.
~Author : Patricia Roberts Harris Motivational Sayings