Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 05, 2017
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)  
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.
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Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)  
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)  
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses.
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Calvin Trillin (1935 - )  
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