Wit & Wisdom

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”

Author Frank A. Clark, quoted in the Vancouver Sun

“Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.”

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Entrepreneur E. Joseph Cossman, quoted in Book Reporter

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they should be.”

British author William Hazlitt, quoted in the London Sunday Times

“Seek simplicity, and distrust it.”

Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, quoted in Forbes.com

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.”

Edward R. Murrow, quoted in The Huffington Post

“Personally, I know nothing about sex because I have always been married.”

Zsa Zsa Gabor, quoted in the London Daily Telegraph