Lily Tomlin on talking

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

Why is it when we talk to God we’re said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we’re said to be schizophrenic?

A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional…values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Abolition of Man

• Debate

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain1835–1910

If A is a success in life, than A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

• Success