Margery Allingham

“When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.” – Margery Allingham

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David Sedaris

“I haven’t got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.” – David Sedaris

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Earl Warren

“It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” – Earl Warren

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Arthur Schopenhauer

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

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John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)

“The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.” – John Ruskin

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” – John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., novelist (1922-2007)

“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., novelist (1922-2007)

“Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, [...]

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Seneca

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca

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Tom Stoppard

“If an idea’s worth having once, it’s worth having twice.” – Tom Stoppard

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Alfred Hitchcock

“Seeing a murder on television … can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.” – Alfred Hitchcock

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Jerry Seinfeld

“A 2-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.” – Jerry Seinfeld

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