An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
Thomas Jefferson

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
Thomas Jefferson

When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?
George Carlin

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
C. S. Lewis

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of "eternity"; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book - what everyone else does not say in a book.
Friedrich Nietzsche

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Theodore Roosevelt

I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.'
Steven Wright

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.
Steven Wright

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Groucho Marx

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, "Yes," you know he is a crook.
Groucho Marx

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.
Erma Bombeck

When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.
Erma Bombeck

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
Walt Whitman

I hate a man who always says "yes" to me. When I say "no" I like a man who also says "no."
Samuel Goldwyn

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.
Emily Dickinson

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
Marcus Aurelius

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
P. J. O'Rourke