Wit & Wisdom

“Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.”

Henri Bergson, quoted in the Springfield, Ill., State Journal-Register

“There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.”

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Samuel Johnson, quoted in The Wall Street Journal

“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”

Marshall McLuhan, quoted in United Press International

“Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.”

Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.”

Businessman Bernard Baruch, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’”

C.S. Lewis, quoted in the Brunswick, Ga., News

“Everybody knows they are going to die, but no one really believes it.”

Spalding Gray, quoted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer