The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to always be right by having no ideas at all.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

It's better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing; it was here first.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid.

It is the nature of emergencies to be inconvenient.

Compromise is the art of dividing a cake so everyone believes he got the biggest piece.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

I'm not stupid. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say, and 2) not saying it.

I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.

All that is necessary for the forces of evil to take root in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.

Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then go and do it anyway.

Anything free is worth the price.

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

I used to know everything, till everything changed.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.

Never explain -- your Friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

We have the finest politicians that money can buy.

Democracy is the worst possible form of government, except for all the others.

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those that find it.

My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.

I avoid clichés like the plague.

All sweeping generalisations are wrong.

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart people who blow horns to break up traffic jams.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong.

Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.

There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know absolutely nothing about.

Computers are useless. They can only give answers.

Male zebras have white stripes, female zebras have black stripes.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand

The only reason some people get lost in thought because it is unfamiliar territory.

I have given up anarchy. Too many rules - hating the government and all that stuff.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Courage is the art of being the only one that knows you're scared to death.

Be nice to other people; they outnumber you 5.5 billion to one.