“ If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is. Jack Butler Yeats Artist
“ Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists. Jack Butler Yeats Artist
“ Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection Jack Butler Yeats Artist
“ Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton Former Mayor Of Ottawa
“ If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it. Thomas Carlyle Philosopher
“ If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some kind of problem with the steering, probably dead pedestrians lodged in the mechanism, the result being that there is a delay of 8 to 10 seconds between the time the driver turns the wheel and the time the taxi actually changes direction, a handicap that the driver is compensating for by going 175 miles per hour, at which velocity we are able to remain airborne almost to the far rim of some of the smaller potholes. Dave Barry Author
“ When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed. Charlie Chaplin Actor
“ The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. The other day the Statue of Liberty had both hands up. Jay Leno Comedian
“ The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old. Jean Kerr Author