Wit & Wisdom

“A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied 10 minutes later.”

Gen. George Patton, quoted in Publishers Weekly

“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”

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Henry David Thoreau, quoted in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger

“I don’t have a sex ‘drive.’ I have a sex ‘just sit in the car and hope someone gets in.’”

Comedian Louis CK, quoted in the London Daily Telegraph

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.”

Architect Daniel Burnham, quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times

“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”

Coco Chanel, quoted in the London Daily Telegraph“Fish

“Fish and visitors stink in three days.”

Benjamin Franklin, quoted in Allure

“To be busy is man’s only happiness.”

Mark Twain, quoted in TheDailyBeast.com