Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - February 13, 2017
Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there.
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Mickey Friedman  
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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Alan Turing (1912 - 1954)  
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
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Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)  
The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.
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Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)  
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