Wit & Wisdom

“He who is too eager to preserve his originality is already losing it.”

German composer Robert Schumann, quoted in The Boston Globe

“Tragedy is when I get a paper cut on my finger. Comedy is when you fall into a sewer and die.”

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Mel Brooks, quoted in the New Orleans Times-Picayune

“Stories happen to those who tell them.”

Thucydides, quoted in The Village Voice

“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.”

Colin Powell, quoted in the Nashville Tennessean

“Morality is a form of acting and not a particular repertoire of choices.”

Susan Sontag, quoted in TheBrowser.com

“For a pure sense of being tumultuously alive, you can’t beat the nasty side of existence.”

Philip Roth, quoted in NPR.org

“If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.”

16th-century satirist Pietro Aretino, quoted in Forbes.com