Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
- Lord Acton Short Funny Quotes, Quotations and Sayings
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
- Samuel Johnson Famous Funny Quotes
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
- George Jackson
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.
- Andre Malraux Funny Famous Quotations
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
- Frank Lloyd Wright Short Quotes and Sayings
Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.
- Tommy Cooper Famous Funny Short Quotes