Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 16, 2017
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
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Tom Robbins (1936 - )  
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)  
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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Bella Abzug (1920 - )  
Virtue is choked with foul ambition.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part II, Act III, sc. 1  
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