"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
— Albert Einstein

"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other."
— Jascha Heifetz

"The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer."
— Albert Einstein

"What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" -- and who is marching outside the White House, pushing for change."
— Howard Zinn

"“Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals”"
— Edmund Wilson

"The major problem- one of the major problems, for there are several- one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of whom manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
— Jane Austen

"The higher the buildings, the lower the morals."
— Noel Coward

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
— Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."
— Oscar Levant

"I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people."
— Eduardo Hughes Galeano