“He expressed his surprise that among the Greeks, those who were skilful in a thing contend, but those who have no skill in it act as judges.”— Anacharsis
“My opinion of the June 12 election is that it is the freest and fairest election we have ever had in this country.”— Ibrahim Babangida
“Never was heard such a terrible curse! But what gave rise to no little surprise, Nobody seem’d one penny the worse!”— Richard Harris Barham
“It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.”— Daniel Bernoulli
“Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.”— John Gunther
“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth, to see it like it is, and tell it like it is.”— Richard M. Nixon
“We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.”— Alan Bennett