Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.', Samuel Johnson', English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.', George Eliot, Felix Holt, the Radical, 1866', English novelist (1819 - 1880)
Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish.', Mark Twain', US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.', Trevanian from the novel Shibumi',
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.', Victor Borge', US (Danish-born) comedian & pianist (1909 - 2000)