Andy Warhol on Movies

July 18th, 2008

It’s the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.

- Andy Warhol

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Earl Wilson on Success

July 18th, 2008

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

- Earl Wilson

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Edmund Burke on Time

July 18th, 2008

You can never plan the future by the past.

- Edmund Burke

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Sydney J. Harris on Knowledge & Learning

July 17th, 2008

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

- Sydney J. Harris

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John Muir on Nature

July 17th, 2008

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

- John Muir

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Bernie Lincicome on Sports

July 17th, 2008

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player.

- Bernie Lincicome

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Oscar Levant on Politics

July 17th, 2008

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

- Oscar Levant

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Omar N. Bradley on War

July 16th, 2008

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.

- Omar N. Bradley

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Thomas Paine on Government

July 16th, 2008

That government is best which governs least.

- Thomas Paine

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Tiger Woods on Business

July 16th, 2008

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

- Tiger Woods

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