Wit & Wisdom

“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”

Noël Coward, quoted in the Associated Press

“Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin. It doesn’t work.”

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Economist Allan Meltzer, quoted in The Weekly Standard

“The most miserable possession a man can have is the thing he hurt somebody to get.”

Columnist Frank A. Clark, quoted in The Boston Globe

“Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once.”

Woody Allen, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal

“No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.”

Billie Jean King, quoted in Beliefnet.com

“It is impossible to go through life without trust. That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.”

Graham Greene, quoted in The Wall Street Journal

“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.”

Columnist Bill Vaughan, quoted in the Associated Press