As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.

Bill Bradley, about the Watergate story

Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.

Mark Twain

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

Abraham Lincoln

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

Abraham Lincoln

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

Abraham Lincoln

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

Diogenes of Sinope

Tits always look better in a pink sweater.

George Carlin

How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?

George Carlin

Sore loser? You bet your fuckin' ass! What on earth is wrong with being a sore loser? It shows you cared about whatever the contest was in the first place. Fuck losing graciously-that's for chumps. And losers, by the way.

George Carlin

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchet

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

There is no better test of a man's integrity than his behavior when he is wrong.

Marvin Williams

Always do whatever's next.

George Carlin

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

Alan Simpson

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

Confucius

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

Confucius

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Seneca

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Seneca

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

Oscar Wilde

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Oscar Wilde

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Oscar Wilde

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

Oscar Wilde