“It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.”
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one leaves.”
“If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.”
“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.”
“A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.”
“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.”
“We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.”
“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees then names the streets after them.”