“No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.”

        — Dave Barry

“One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.”

        — G. M. Weilacher

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

        — Milton Berle

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

        — Hilary Cooper

“I am in favour of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies’ hands - after all, one must start somewhere.”

        — Sacha Guitry

“The latest new features in C++ are designed to fix the previously new features in C++”

        — David Jameson

“There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together.”

        — Josh Billings

“Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.”

        — Garth Brooks

“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”

        — Paul Ehrlich

“The shortest answer is doing.”

        — George Herbert

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.”

        — Unknown

“Don’t judge those who try and fail, judge those who fail to try.”

        — Unknown

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

        — Mark Twain

“Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.”

        — Samuel Butler

“I don’t understand how the people of Tunisia overthrew their government without me signing an e-petition or changing my Twitter avatar.”

        — Matt Bailey (@mattb811)

Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.

        — Michael Leunig

“When it comes to making a big change in your life, you have to want it more than you fear it.”

        — Unknown

“There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.”

        — Po Bronson

“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.”

        — Henri Louis Bergson

“Socialising on the internet is to socialising, what reality TV is to reality.”

        — Aaron Sorkin

“Never let your past dictate who you are, but let it be a part of who you’ll become.”

        — Nick Portokalos