“Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
– H. L. Mencken


Thoughts of an old curmudgeon
“Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
– H. L. Mencken

“Some scientists claim that because hydrogen is so plentiful it’s the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, so it is the basic building block of the universe.”
– Frank Zappa

“Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what’s for lunch.”
– Orson Welles

“I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I bet I’d be darling at it.”
– Dorothy Parker
“Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.”
– Steven Wright

“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” – Noel Coward

“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”
– Mark Twain
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“A career is a job that has gone on too long.”
– Jeff MacNelly
“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
– G.K. Chesterton

“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.”
– Dolly Parton
