“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”

        — Unknown

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”

        — Isaac Asimov

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

        — Garth Brooks

“A Merry Christmas to all my friends except two.”

        — W. C. Fields

“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”

        — Alfred North Whitehead

“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”

        — Josh Billings

“Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalising animal.”

        — Robert A. Heinlein