Collection of quotations

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
- Johann von Neumann

"When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both."
- Al Franken

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
- Don Marquis

Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.
- Carlos A. Urbizo


A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.


Insanity in individuals is something rare -- but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.