Winston Churchill: "Americans will always try to do the right thing-- after they've tried everything else."
Mahatma Gandhi: "What do you think of Western Civilization?" "I think it would be a good idea."
Milton Berle: "You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think."
Ernest Hemingway: "Poor Faulkner. He thinks big emotions come from big words."
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William Shakespeare: "The tautness of his face sours ripe grapes."
H.L. Mencken on FDR: "If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he needs so sorely, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House yard come Wednesday."
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Lily Tomlin: "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific!"
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Dorothy Parker: "The woman speaks eight languages and can't say 'no' in any of them."
John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."
Groucho Marx: "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don't let that fool you-- he really is an idiot."
Charlotte Whitton: "Whatever women must do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult."