Wit & Wisdom

“Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.”

Winston Churchill, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”

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Poet Anne Bradstreet, quoted in the Associated Press

“A man’s accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.”

John Foster Dulles, quoted in United Press International

“He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.”

Arthur Balfour, quoted in The Wall Street Journal

“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”

George Bernard Shaw, quoted in the London Independent

“Temperament is temper that is too old to spank.”

Actress Charlotte Greenwood, quoted in the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch

“Going insane is a war between being told who you are and knowing who you are.”

Liam Neeson, quoted in the New York Daily News