CULTURE IMPLIES ALL THAT WHICH GIVES THE MIND POSSESSION OF ITS POWERS; AS LANGUAGES TO THE CRITIC, TELESCOPE TO THE ASTRONOMER. _RALPH WALDO EMERSON EVEN WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, A PERSON HAS TO GET OFF HIS REAR END AND ANSWER THE DOOR. _ANN LANDERS IT TAKES YOUR ENEMY AND YOUR FRIEND, WORKING TOGETHER, TO HURT YOU TO THE HEART; THE ONE TO SLANDER YOU AND THE OTHER TO GET THE NEWS TO YOU. _MARK TWAIN THERE AREN'T TOO MANY ORIGINAL AMERICAN ART FORMS - OTHER THAN THE WESTERN AND JAZZ OR BLUES. _CLINT EASTWOOD BEVERLY HILLS IS VERY EXCLUSIVE. FOR INSTANCE, THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT WON'T MAKE HOUSECALLS. _WOODY ALLEN WE MADE NO PROGRESS AT ALL ... AND WE DIDN'T INTEND TO. THAT'S THE FUNCTION OF A NATIONAL COMMITTEE. _RONALD REAGAN ANYONE CAN BE ELECTED ONCE BY ACCIDENT. BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND TERM, IT'S WORTH PAYING ATTENTION. _SAM RAYBURN A LOT OF CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS LIKE TO DRAW THEIR BREATH AND THEIR SALARIES AND NOT DO MUCH ELSE. _SAM ERVIN THE AVERAGE MAN HAS SIXTY- NINE POUNDS OF MUSCLES, FORTY- ONE POUNDS OF BONES, AND THREE POUNDS OF BRAINS - WHICH SEEMS TO EXPLAIN A LOT OF THINGS. _I. B. FUNNY HOW CAN ANYONE GOVERN A NATION THAT HAS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY- SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEESE? _CHARLES DE GAULLE I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF PRESIDENT HE'D MAKE. HE TALKS AND TALKS AND TALKS. HE'D MAKE A HELLUVA WIFE. _GROUCHO MARX, ON HUBERT HUMPHREY BEING IN POLITICS IS LIKE BEING A FOOTBALL COACH. YOU HAVE TO BE SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE GAME AND DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. _EUGENE MCCARTHY I WOULD NOT BE TRUTHFUL IF I SAID I WAS FULLY QUALIFIED FOR THE OFFICE. I DO NOT PLAY THE PIANO, I SELDOM PLAY GOLF, AND I NEVER PLAY TOUCH FOOTBALL. _GOLDWATER, ON THE PRESIDENCY IT'S A GREAT COUNTRY, WHERE ANYBODY CAN GROW UP TO BE PRESIDENT ... EXCEPT ME. _BARRY GOLDWATER NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER GIVE IN. _HUBERT HUMPHREY AN OPTIMIST SEES AN OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY CALAMITY; A PESSIMIST SEES A CALAMITY IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY. _WINSTON CHURCHILL WHEN ONE HUNDRED SENATORS TALK FOR THIRTY-SEVEN HOURS, ENOUGH NATURAL GAS IS PRODUCED. _HENRY KISSINGER, ON THE ENERGY FILIBUSTER SOMETIMES I THINK THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF WE COULD JUST SAW OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND LET IT FLOAT OUT TO SEA. _BARRY GOLDWATER A DIPLOMATIST IS A MAN WHO ALWAYS REMEMBERS A WOMAN'S BIRTHDAY, BUT NEVER REMEMBERS HER AGE. _ROBERT FROST EGGHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE; YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR YOLKS. _ADLAI STEVENSON I HAVE NO TIME TO PREPARE A PROFOUND MESSAGE. _SPIRO T. AGNEW INFORMATION IS THE CURRENCY OF DEMOCRACY. _RALPH NADER MONEY IS THE MOTHER'S MILK OF POLITICS. _JESSE UNRUH POLITICS IS WAR WITHOUT VIOLENCE. _STOKELY CARMICHAEL WHEN A MAN POINTS A FINGER AT SOMEONE ELSE, HE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT FOUR OF HIS FINGERS ARE POINTING AT HIMSELF. _LOUIS NIZER THE ACME OF JUDICIAL DISTINCTION MEANS THE ABILITY TO LOOK A LAWYER STRAIGHT IN THE EYES FOR TWO HOURS AND NOT HEAR A DAMNED WORD HE SAYS. _CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL THE DANGER OF THE PAST WAS THAT MEN BECAME SLAVES. THE DANGER OF THE FUTURE IS THAT MEN MAY BECOME ROBOTS. _ERIC FROMM TO HAVE ARRIVED ON THIS EARTH AS THE PRODUCT OF A BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT, ONLY TO DEPART THROUGHHUMAN ARROGANCE, WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE IRONY. _RICHARD LEAKEY WE MUST HAVE RESPECT FOR BOTH OUR PLUMBERS AND OUR PHILOSOPHERS OR NEITHER OUR PIPES OR OUR THEORIES WILL HOLD WATER. _JOHN W. GARDNER I DO BENEFITS FOR ALL RELIGIONS; 'D HATE TO BLOW THE HEREAFTER ON A TECHNICALITY. _BOB HOPE THE LION AND THE CALF SHALL LIE DOWN TOGETHER BUT THE CALF WON'TGET MUCH SLEEP. _WOODY ALLEN GOD MAY HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES, BUT THE COURTS ARE ROUGH AS HELL ON SHOPLIFTERS. _LEO ROSTEN WHEN A MAN IS DROWNING, IT MAY BE BETTER FOR HIM TO TRY TO SWIMTHAN TO THRASH AROUND WAITING FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION. _REV. WILLIAM SLOANE COFFIN A REAL CHRISTIAN IS A PERSON WHO CAN GIVE HIS PET PARROT TO THE TOWN GOSSIP. _REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM WASHINGTON APPEARS TO BE FILLED WITH TWO KINDS OF POLITICIANS - THOSE TRYING TO GET AN INVESTIGATION STARTED, AND THOSE TRYING TO GET ONE STOPPED._EARL WILSON SOMETIMES IT IS SAID THAT A MAN CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF HIMSELF. CAN HE, THEN, BE TRUSTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF OTHERS? _WALTER CRONKITE THE WORLD IS, FOR THE MOST PART, A COLLECTIVE MADHOUSE, AND PRACTICALLY EVERYONE, HOWEVER "NORMAL" HIS FACADE, IS FAKING SANITY. _JOHN ASTIN IN CALIFORNIA EVERYONE GOES TO A THERAPIST, IS A THERAPIST, OR IS A THERAPIST GOING TO A THERAPIST. _TRUMAN CAPOTE THERE'S NO DEODORANT LIKE SUCCESS. _ELIZABETH TAYLOR IF YOU STAY IN BEVERLY HILLS TOO LONG YOU BECOME A MERCEDES. _ROBERT REDFORD BEVERLY HILLS IS VERY EXCLUSIVE. FOR INSTANCE, THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT WON'T MAKE HOUSE CALLS. _MORT SAHL IN HOLLYWOOD SUCCESS IS RELATIVE. THE CLOSER THE RELATIVE, THE GREATER THE SUCCESS. _ARTHUR TREACHER DISNEY, OF COURSE, HAS THE BEST CASTING. IF HE DOESN'T LIKE AN ACTOR, HE JUST TEARS HIM UP. _ALFRED HITCHCOCK IF SOMEONE IS DUMB ENOUGH TO OFFER ME A MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE A PICTURE - I AM CERTAINLY NOT DUMB ENOUGH TO TURN IT DOWN._ELIZABETH TAYLOR BOREDOM IS THE MIDWIFE OF CREATIVITY. _TALIA SHIRE LAUGHTER IS THE VASELINE THAT MAKES THE IDEAS PENETRATE BETTER. _LINA WERTMULLER WHEN CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO EVILS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO TAKE THE ONE I'VE NEVER TRIED BEFORE. _MAE WEST I DON'T SAY WE ALL OUGHT BO MISBEHAVE, BUT WE OUGHT TO LOOK AS IF WE COULD. _ORSON WELLES HOLLYWOOD'S A PLACE WHERE THEY'LL PAY YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A KISS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL. _MARILYN MONROE LIFE EXPERIENCES BECOME ACTING EXPERIENCES, WHICH IN TURN BECOME LIFE EXPERIENCES. _LIV ULLMAN MY MOVIES WERE THE KIND THEY SHOW IN PRISONS AND AIRPLANES, BECAUSE NOBODY CAN LEAVE. _BURT REYNOLDS IF YOU WANT TO DO A THING BADLY, YOU HAVE TO WORK AS HARD AT IT AS THOUGH YOU WANTED TO DO IT WELL. _PETER USTINOV THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS. ONLY SMALL ACTORS. _GINGER ROGERS AMATEURS HOPE. PROFESSIONALS WORK. _GARSON KANIN LIFE IS A MOVIE. DEATH IS A PHOTOGRAPH. _SUSAN SONTAG I ARRIVED IN HOLLYWOOD WITHOUT HAVING MY NOSE FIXED, MY TEETH CAPPED, OR MY NAME CHANGED. THAT IS VERY GRATIFYING TO ME. _BARBARA STREISAND WE USED TO HAVE ACTRESSES TRYING TO BECOME STARS; NOW WE HAVE STARS TRYING TO BECOME ACTRESSES. _LAURENCE OLIVIER NEW YORK IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE WORLD WHERE YOU CAN GET DELIBERATELY RUN DOWN ON THE SIDEWALK BY A PEDESTRIAN. _RUSSELL BAKER BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES WILL IN THE END TAKE THE LEAD, FOR WITHOUT LIFE, THERE IS NO SCIENCE. _JACQUES COUSTEAU I AM NOT A GLUTTON - I AM AN EXPLORER OF FOOD. _ERMA BOMBECK THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF SKINNYPEOPLE IN THE CEMETERY. _BEVERLY SILLS YOU KNOW YOU'VE REACHED MIDDLE AGE WHEN YOUR WEIGHTLIFTING CONSISTS MERELY OF STANDING UP. _BOB HOPE THE PERILS OF DUCK HUNTING ARE GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DUCK. _WALTER CRONKITE MEN OF THE FUTURE - PERHAPS VERYSOON - CAN LIVE AS FISHES! _JACQUES COUSTEAU PROGRESS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALL RIGHT ONCE, BUT IT'S GONE ON TOO LONG. _OGDEN NASH THE ORDINARY AFFAIRS OF MEN PROCEED IF THEY DO NOT ALWAYS PROGRESS. _ERIC SEVAREID IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN THE LAWS OF PHYSICS TO A BARMAID. _ALBERT EINSTEIN MAN HAS LOST THE CAPACITY TO FORESEE AND TO FORESTALL. HE WILL END BY DESTROYING THE EARTH. _ALBERT SCHWEITZER THE ENTIRE MOVEMENT TO ACQUIRE ANTIQUES WAS BORN OUT OF SHEER RESPECT FOR THINGS THAT LASTED LONGER THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES. _ERMA BOMBECK THE REALLY FRIGHTENING THING ABOUT MIDDLE AGE IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'LL OUTGROW IT. _DORIS DAY I MUST BE GETTING ABSENT- INDED. WHENEVER I COMPLAIN THAT THINGS AREN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE, I ALWAYS FORGET TO INCLUDE MYSELF. _GEORGE BURNS YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING OLD WHEN THE CANDLES COST MORE THAN THE CAKE. _BOB HOPE OLD AGE ISN'T SO BAD WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE. _MAURICE CHEVALIER I MUST SAY I FIND TELEVISION VERY EDUCATIONAL. THE MINUTE SOMEBODY TURNS IT ON, I GO INTO THE LIBRARY AND READ A GOOD BOOK. _GROUCHO MARX IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN. THEN QUIT. NO USE BEING A DAMN FOOL ABOUT IT. _W. C. FIELDS MARIJUANA IS LIKE COORS BEER. IF YOU COULD BUY THE DAMN STUFF AT A GEORGIA FILLING STATION, YOU'D DECIDE YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT. _BILLY CARTER I'VE DEVELOPED A NEW PHILOSOPHY ... I ONLY DREAD ONE DAY AT A TIME. _CHARLIE BROWN SANITY IS A MATTER OF DEGREE. _ALDOUS HUXLEY FACTS DO NOT CEASE TO EXIST BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORED. _ALDOUS HUXLEY ANYBODY WHO GOES TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST OUGHT TO HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED. _SAMUEL GOLDWYN DO NOT MISTAKE A CHILD FOR HIS SYMPTOM. _ERIK ERIKSON ANXIOUS MOTHERS MAKE UNSURE KIDS. _BRUNO BETTELHEIM THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT ARE OVERRATED IN THIS COUNTRY: HOT CHICKEN SOUP, SEX, THE FBI, AND PARKING YOUR CAR IN YOUR GARAGE._ERMA BOMBECK. FOR THE PARENT OF A LITTLE LEAGUER, A BASEBALL GAME IS SIMPLY A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN DIVIDED INTO INNINGS. _EARL WILSON THE WAY TO CATCH A KNUCKLEBALL IS TO WAIT UNTIL THE BALL STOPS ROLLING AND THEN PICK IT UP. _BOB UECKER, BROADCASTER WHY IS IT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE HORSES' ASSES THAN THERE ARE HORSES? _G. GORDON LIDDY ONCE THE TOOTHPASTE IS OUT OF THE TUBE, IT'S HARD TO GET IT BACK IN! _H. R. HALDEMAN ANY TIME FRIENDS HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF WHAT THEY SAY TO FRIENDS, FRIENDSHIP IS TAKING ON ANOTHER DIMENSION. _DUKE ELLINGTON O, WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE, WHEN FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE. _SAM ERVIN, DURING THE WATERGATE HEARINGS. ADOLESCENCE IS THAT PERIOD IN A KID'S LIFE WHEN HIS OR HER PARENTS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. _RYAN O'NEAL EVEN THE BIBLE SAID THAT THE YOUNG WOULD BE WEAKER BUT WISER._LITTLE RICHARD. CHILDHOOD IS WHERE "COMPETITION" IS A BASEBALL GAME AND "RESPONSIBILITY" IS A PAPER ROUTE. _ERMA BOMBECK PARENTS ARE THE BONES ON WHICH CHILDREN CUT THEIR TEETH. _PETER USTINOV KIDS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT I LIKE MINE BARBECUED. _BOB HOPE INTEREST YOUR KIDS IN BOWLING. GET THEM OFF THE STREETS AND INTO THE ALLEYS. _DON RICKLES MY MOTHER LOVED CHILDREN - SHE WOULD HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING IF I HAD BEEN ONE. _GROUCHO MARX YOU CAN MAKE MORE FRIENDS IN TWO MONTHS BY BECOMING INTERESTED IN OTHER PEOPLE THAN YOU CAN IN TWO YEARS BY TRYING TO GET OTHER PEOPLE INTERESTED IN YOU. _DALE CARNEGIE WHEN I WAS KIDNAPPED MY PARENTS SNAPPED INTO ACTION; THEY RENTEDOUT MY ROOM. _WOODY ALLEN A HIPPIE WEARS HIS HAIR LONG LIKE TARZAN, WALKS LIKE JANE, AND SMELLS LIKE CHEETAH. _BUSTER CRABBE IF A GUY WANTS TO WEAR HIS HAIR DOWN TO HIS ASS, I'M NOT REVOLTED BY IT. BUT I DON'T LOOKAT HIM AND SAY, "NOW THERE'S A FELLAI'D LIKE TO SPEND NEXT WINTER WITH." _JOHN WAYNE WE ALL LEARN BY EXPERIENCE BUT SOME OF US HAVE TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL. _PETER DE VRIES LET THE LEARNER DIRECT HIS OWN LEARNING. _JOHN HOLT MIDDLE AGE IS WHEN YOUR AGE STARTS TO SHOW AROUND YOUR MIDDLE. _BOB HOPE THE THREE AGES OF MAN: YOUTH, MIDDLE AGE, AND "YOU'RE LOOKING WONDERFUL!" _FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN IT WAS EITHER ISAAC NEWTON OR MAYBE IT WAS WAYNE NEWTON WHO ONCE SAID, "A SEPTIC TANK DOES NOT LAST FOREVER." HE WAS RIGHT._ERMA BOMBECK THE FASTEST WAY TO SUCCEED IS TO LOOK AS IF YOU'RE PLAYING BY OTHER PEOPLE'S RULES, WHILE QUIETLY PLAYING BY YOUR OWN. _MICHAEL KORDA IF YOU BUNGLE RAISING YOUR CHILDREN, I DON'T THINK WHATEVERELSE YOU DO MATTERS VERY MUCH. _JACQUELINE KENNEDY THE BRAIN IS A WONDERFUL ORGAN; IT STARTS WORKING THE MOMENT YOUGET UP IN THE MORNING AND DOES NOT STOP UNTIL YOU GET INTO THE OFFICE. _ROBERT FROST A LOT OF WOMEN HAVE BEEN THE MOTHER OF ONE PRESIDENT, BUT THERE NEVER HAS BEEN THE MOTHER OF TWO OR THREE PRESIDENTS. _ROSE KENNEDY LET US NEVER NEGOTIATE OUT OF FEAR, BUT LET US NEVER FEAR TO NEGOTIATE. _JOHN F. KENNEDY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR NOTHING. SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL YOU GET FROM THEM, NOTHING. _SAM ERVIN YESTERDAY I WAS A DOG. TODAY I'M A DOG. TOMORROW I'LL PROBABLY STILL BE A DOG. SIGH. THERE'S SO LITTLE HOPE FOR ADVANCEMENT. _SNOOPY BY WORKING FAITHFULLY EIGHT HOURS A DAY, YOU MAY EVENTUALLY GET TO BE A BOSS AND WORK TWELVEHOURS A DAY. _ROBERT FROST WE DON'T WANT ANY LOSERS AROUND. IN THIS FAMILY WE WANT WINNERS. _JOSEPH P. KENNEDY MY BROTHER BOB DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN GOVERNMENT - HE PROMISED DAD HE'D GO STRAIGHT. _JOHN F. KENNEDY ONE FIFTH OF THE PEOPLE ARE AGAINST EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME._ROBERT F. KENNEDY I UNDERSTAND JACQUELINE KENNEDY HAS REDONE THE WHITE HOUSE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STYLE. WHY, THEN, I'D FIT IN PERFECTLY. _BARRY GOLDWATER IF THERE WERE ANYTHING I COULD TAKE BACK TO FRANCE WITH ME, IT WOULD BE MRS. KENNEDY. _CHARLES DE GAULLE THE ONLY THING WE LEARN FROM HISTORY IS THAT WE DO NOT LEARN._EARL WARREN JERRY FORD IS A NICE GUY, BUT HE PLAYED TOO MUCH FOOTBALL WITHHIS HELMET OFF. _LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON IN A HIERARCHY EVERY EMPLOYEE TENDS TO RISE TO HIS LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE. _LAURENCE PETERS IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT I SHOULD SUCCEED - OTHERS SHOULD FAIL. _DAVID MERRICK THERE'S NO REASON TO BE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE CEMETERY. YOU CAN'T DO ANY BUSINESS FROM THERE. _COLONEL SANDERS IF YOU CAN COUNT YOUR MONEY, YOU DON'T HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS. _J. PAUL GETTY TRUTH IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS GOVERNMENTS TOGETHER. COMPROMISEIS THE OIL THAT MAKES GOVERNMENTGO. _GERALD FORD FINANCE IS THE ART OF PASSING CURRENCY FROM HAND TO HAND UNTIL IT FINALLY DISAPPEARS. _ROBERT W. SARNOFF SO YOU THINK THAT MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. HAVE YOU EVER ASKED WHAT IS THE ROOT OF MONEY?_AYN RAND THE MORE MONEY AN AMERICAN ACCUMULATES, THE LESS INTERESTING HE BECOMES. _GORE VIDAL THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE CREDIT. _JOHN LEONARD AN OUNCE OF HYPOCRISY IS WORTH A POUND OF AMBITION. _MICHAEL KORDA THE COST OF LIVING IS GOING UP AND THE CHANCE OF LIVING IS GOING DOWN. _FLIP WILSON INFLATION IS ONE FORM OF TAXATION THAT CAN BE IMPOSED WITHOUT LEGISLATION. _MILTON FRIEDMAN TRY NOT TO BECOME A MAN OF SUCCESS BUT RATHER TRY TO BECOME A MAN OF VALUE. _ALBERT EINSTEIN IF IT KEEPS UP, MAN WILL ATROPHY ALL HIS LIMBS BUT THE PUSH-BUTTON FINGER. _FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS HAS MERELY PROVIDED US WITH MORE EFFICIENT MEANS FOR GOING BACKWARDS. _ALDOUS HUXLEY WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. _FLIP WILSON HUMOR IS THE MOST ENGAGING COWARDICE. _ROBERT FROST FOR FAST-ACTING RELIEF, TRY SLOWING DOWN. _LILY TOMLIN I DO NOT FEAR COMPUTERS. I FEAR THE LACK OF THEM. _ISAAC ASIMOV BASIC RESEARCH IS WHAT I AM DOING WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM DOING. _WERNHER VON BRAUN CHOICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIVILEGE OF THOSE WHO COULD AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT. _ELLEN FRANKFORT THE WORLD AT LARGE DOES NOT JUDGE US BY WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE KNOW; IT JUDGES US BY WHAT WE HAVE. _DR. JOYCE BROTHERS A BANK IS A PLACE WHERE THEY LEND YOU AN UMBRELLA IN FAIR WEATHER AND ASK FOR IT BACK AGAIN WHEN IT BEGINS TO RAIN. _ROBERT FROST BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MAY HAVE DISCOVERED ELECTRICITY - BUT IT WAS THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE METER WHO MADE THE MONEY. _EARL WILSON BANKRUPTCY IS A LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH YOU PUT YOURMONEY IN YOUR PANTS POCKET AND GIVE YOUR COAT TO YOUR CREDITORS. _JOEY ADAMS IF YOU THINK THE UNITED STATES HAS STOOD STILL, WHO BUILT THE LARGEST SHOPPING CENTER IN THE WORLD? _RICHARD NIXON SUCCESS IN ALMOST ANY FIELD DEPENDS MORE ON ENERGY AND DRIVETHAN IT DOES ON INTELLIGENCE. THIS EXPLAINS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY STUPID LEADERS. _SLOAN WILSON MAKE THREE CORRECT GUESSES CONSECUTIVELY AND YOU WILL ESTABLISH A REPUTATION AS AN EXPERT. _LAURENCE PETER LEADERSHIP APPEARS TO BE THE ART OF GETTING OTHERS TO WANT TODO SOMETHING YOU ARE CONVINCED SHOULD BE DONE. _VANCE PACKARD MAN CANNOT LIVE BY INCOMPETENCE ALONE. _LAURENCE PETER LIFE IS A SERIES OF YELLOW PADS._GEORGE STEVENS THE COMPUTER IS A MORON. _PETER DRUCKER TELEVISION HAS PROVED THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT ANYTHING RATHER THAN EACH OTHER. _ANN LANDERS I WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BURN MY BRA - IT TOOK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUR DAYS TO PUT IT OUT. _DOLLY PARTON THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING SWEET AND INNOCENT AND BEING A TOUGH BROAD. _PHILLIS GEORGE A SUBURBAN MOTHER'S ROLE IS TO DELIVER CHILDREN OBSTETRICALLY ONCE, AND BY CAR FOREVER AFTER. _PETER DE VRIES WHEN MEN REACH THEIR SIXTIES AND RETIRE, THEY GO TO PIECES. WOMEN JUST GO RIGHT ON COOKING. _GAIL SHEEHY I NOW BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION. TONIGHT'S MONOLOGUE IS GOING TO COME BACK AS A DOG. _JOHNNY CARSON EVERYBODY'S MOTHER STILL CARES. _LILLIAN HELLMAN A WOMAN IS HER MOTHER. _ANNE SEXTON THOUGHTS HAVE NO SEX. _CLARE BOOTHE LUCE A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ONCE SAID - I THINK IT WAS HENRY KISSINGER -NOBODY WILL EVER WIN THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES. THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY. _ROBERT ORBEN WOMEN ARE A PROBLEM, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY GUESSED, THEY'RETHE KIND OF PROBLEM I ENJOY WRESTLING WITH. _WARREN BEATTY THE ONE FUNCTION THAT TV NEWS PERFORMS VERY WELL IS THAT WHEN THERE IS NO NEWS WE GIVE IT TO YOU WITH SAME EMPHASIS AS IF THERE WERE NEWS. _DAVID BRINKLEY WOMEN WOULD BE THE MOST ENCHANTING CREATURES ON EARTH IF, IN FALLING INTO THEIR ARMS, ONE DIDN'T FALL INTO THEIR HANDS. _EDDIE FISHER ONE OF THESE DAYS, ALICE, POW - RIGHT IN THE KISSER! _RALPH KRAMDEN, ON "THE HONEYMOONERS" IF YOU GOT IT, BABY, FLAUNT IT. _MEL BROOKS SEX IS THE CURE-ALL. _JOE NAMATH FOR A WOMAN TO BE LOVED, SHE USUALLY OUGHT TO BE NAKED. _PIERRE CARDIN THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK WHEREVER THEY WANT TO - AS LONG AS THEY HAVE DINNER READY WHEN YOU GET HOME. _JOHN WAYNE, ON THE LIBERATED WOMAN. MY OLD MOVIES HAVE BEEN ON SO MANY CHANNELS LATELY, I CAN FLIPTHE DIAL AND WATCH THE HAIRLINE RECEDE. _BOB HOPE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A MAN CAN KNOW IS THAT, AS HE APPROACHES HIS OWN DOOR, SOMEONEON THE OTHER SIDE IS LISTENING FOR THE SOUND OF HIS FOOTSTEPS. _CLARK GABLE GIRLS HAVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER MEN: IF THEY CAN'T GET WHATTHEY WANT BY BEING SMART, THEY CAN GET IT BY BEING DUMB. _YUL BRYNNER WE'RE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. I'LL TELL YOU, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IT ... UTTERLY FANTASTIC. THE WORLDIS ROUND. _CHARLES (PETE) CONRAD, FROM GEMINI XI I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HOLDING UP OUR MISSILE PROGRAM. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE GOVERNMENT EVER HAD TROUBLE MAKING THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY GO UP IN SMOKE. _BOB HOPE ANY SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC. _ARTHUR C. CLARKE A SPIRIT OF NATIONAL MASOCHISM PREVAILS, ENCOURAGED BY AN EFFETE CORPS OF IMPUDENT SNOBS WHO CHARACTERIZE THEMSELVES AS INTELLECTUALS. _SPIRO T. AGNEW I AM GOING TO BUILD THE KIND OF NATION THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HOPED FOR, PRESIDENT TRUMAN WORKED FOR, AND PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED FOR. _LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON I'M GOING TO VIETNAM AT THE REQUEST OF THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT JOHNSON SAYS A WAR ISN'T REALLY A WAR WITHOUT MY JOKES. _BOB HOPE MEN ARE ALWAYS READY TO RESPECT ANYTHING THAT BORES THEM. _MARILYN MONROE IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER, COULD YOUREPHRASE THE QUESTION? _LILY TOMLIN EDDIE FISHER MARRIED TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS LIKE ME TRYING TO WASH THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING WITH A BAR OF SOAP. _DON RICKLES I HAVEN'T KNOWN ANY OPEN MARRIAGES, THOUGH QUITE A FEW HAVE BEEN AJAR. _BOB HOPE OPEN MARRIAGE IS NATURE'S WAY OFTELLING YOU YOU NEED A DIVORCE. _MARSHALL BRICKMAN HAVING TWO BATHROOMS RUINED THE CAPACITY TO COOPERATE. _MARGARET MEAD I AM A MARVELOUS HOUSEKEEPER. EVERY TIME I LEAVE A MAN, I KEEPHIS HOUSE. _ZSA ZSA GABOR A MAN'S HOME IS HIS HASSLE. _PAUL D. ARNOLD YOU TAKE MY WIFE. PLEASE. _HENRY YOUNGMAN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHO DOES THE DISHES. _NORMAN MAILER YOU ARE A FOUL BALL IN THE LINE DRIVE OF LIFE. _LUCY, TO CHARLIE BROWN NO MAN IS A HERO TO HIS WIFE'S PSYCHIATRIST. _ERIC BERNE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIVORCE AND LEGAL SEPARATION IS THAT A LEGAL SEPARATION GIVES A HUSBANDTIME TO HIDE HIS MONEY. _JOHNNY CARSON I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT BEAUTY BEING ONLY SKIN- DEEP. THAT'S DEEP ENOUGH. WHAT DO YOU WANT - AN ADORABLE PANCREAS? _JEAN KERR IT'S A GOOD THING THAT BEAUTY IS SKIN DEEP, OR I'D BE ROTTEN TO THE CORE. _PHYLLIS DILLER THIN PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT FAT PEOPLE ARE ADORABLE. _JACKIE GLEASON WHILE THE RIGHT TO TALK MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF FREEDOM, THE NECESSITY OF LISTENING IS WHAT MAKES THE RIGHT IMPORTANT. _WALTER LIPPMANN CENSORSHIP, LIKE CHARITY, SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME; BUT, UNLIKE CHARITY, IT SHOULD END THERE. _CLARE BOOTHE LUCE A GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY KNOWN VESSEL THAT LEAKS FROM THE TOP. _JAMES RESTON SOME NEWSPAPERS ARE FIT ONLY TO LINE THE BOTTOM OF BIRDCAGES. _SPIRO T. AGNEW THE PRESS CONFERENCE IS A POLITICIAN'S WAY OF BEING INFORMATIVE WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING ANYTHING. _EMERY KELEN DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. _EMLEN TUNNELL, FIRST BLACK MAN EVER ELECTED TO THE FOOTBALLHALL OF FAME. IF YOU WATCH A GAME, IT'S FUN. IF YOU PLAY IT, IT'S RECREATION.IF YOU WORK AT IT, IT'S GOLF. _BOB HOPE. GOING TO BED WITH A WOMAN NEVER HURT A BALLPLAYER. IT'S STAYING UP ALL NIGHT LOOKING FOR THEM THAT DOES YOU IN. _CASEY STENGAL JOGGING IS VERY BENEFICIAL. IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR LEGS AND YOURFEET. IT'S ALSO VERY GOOD FOR THE GROUND. IT MAKES IT FEEL NEEDED. _SNOOPY IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE. DON'T EVEN PUTT. _DEAN MARTIN. DRINKING IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT. _JIM BROSNAN THE MARK OF A GOOD POLITICIAN IS THE ABILITY TO STOP AT TWO DRINKS. _CHARLES COLSON, QUOTING RICHARD NIXON'S ADAGE WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT YOU CANNOT BE TOO RADICAL; WHEN YOU ARE WRONG, YOU CANNOT BE TOO CONSERVATIVE. _DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. A JURY CONSISTS OF TWELVE PERSONS CHOSEN TO DECIDE WHO HASTHE BETTER LAWYER. _ROBERT FROST SCREW THE LAW - YOU GET THE GUY OFF ANY WAY YOU CAN. _WILLIAM KUNSTLER PUT A BULLET IN A GUY'S HEAD, AND HE WON'T BOTHER YOU ANY MORE. _ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM JANKLOW THERE IS NO POINT IN TAKING SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS WHEN THOSE WHO WANT TO KILL ME ARE AS INCOMPETENT AS THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ME. _CHARLES DE GAULLE EXTREMISM IN THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE... MODERATION IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE IS NO VIRTUE. _BARRY GOLDWATER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOOKED OVER THAN OVERLOOKED. _MAE WEST IF I HADN'T HAD THEM, I WOULD HAVE HAD SOME MADE. _DOLLY PARTON ONE OF THE PARAMOUNT REASONS FOR STAYING ATTRACTIVE IS SO YOUCAN HAVE SOMEBODY TO GO TO BED WITH. _HELEN GURLEY BROWN I HAVE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE BETTER OR WISER THAN ANY OTHER PERSON. I THINK MY GREATEST STRENGTH IS THAT I AM AN ORDINARY MAN. _JIMMY CARTER A BAD BOOK IS AS MUCH A LABOR TO WRITE AS A GOOD ONE, IT COMESAS SINCERELY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SOUL. _ALDOUS HUXLEY ASKING A WORKING WRITER WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT CRITICS IS LIKE ASKING A LAMPOST WHAT IT FEELS ABOUT DOGS. _JOHN OSBORNE HAVING THE CRITICS PRAISE YOU IS LIKE HAVING THE HANGMAN SAY YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY NECK. _ELI WALLACH ABSTRACT ART: A PRODUCT OF THE UNTALENTED, SOLD BY THE UNPRINCIPLED TO THE UTTERLY BEWILDERED. _AL CAPP IF YOU WANT A PLACE IN THE SUN, YOU'VE GOT TO PUT UP WITH A FEW BLISTERS. _ABIGAIL VAN BUREN