Twisted But True!
Quotes for those who like to ponder the more edgy paradoxical universal truths.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. ~ H.L. Mencken

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. ~Will Rogers

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study. ~Woodrow Wilson

Some people have a knack of putting upon you, gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing. ~Charles Lamb

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ~P.J. O'Rourke

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving! ~George Eliot

More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had. ~Jon Stewart

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. ~Iris Murdoch

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his. ~Eric Hoffer

Mused by Stephanie Datuin