Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 14, 2017
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
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Russell Baker (1925 - )  
If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.
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John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)  
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
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Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)  
I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)  
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