Thoughts of an old curmudgeon
“Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”
– Douglas Adams
“A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
– Oscar Wilde
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain
“A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.”
– Ring Lardner
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
– Andre Gide
“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
– Douglas Adams
“Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.”
– Gordon R. Dickson
“It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.”
– H. L. Mencken
“To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman.”
-Mark Twain
“Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”
— Stephen King
