Another edition of "Quotes," consisting of quotes I've gathered and enjoyed: The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies . . . a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 16 1953. http://i.imgur.com/ZC6zn.jpg Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. - Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. - Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - J. K. Rowling Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. - G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) Is there life before death? - Graffito, in Belfast In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. - Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984) Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. - Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. - John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)

Here's another batch of quotes I've collected over the past few months: We’ve already had campaign financial reform. It granted corporate personhood and unlimited anonymous campaign contributions. - Anon at Reddit.com If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. - Emma Goldman He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. - Chinese Proverb Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary Our foreign policy is not something simply concocted by people in Washington, D.C., and then imposed on us. Our foreign policy may be concocted in Washington, D.C., but it reflects the perceptions of our political elite about what we the people want. And what we want, by and large, is to sustain the flow of very cheap consumer goods. We want to be able to pump gas into our cars regardless of how big they happen to be, in order to be able to drive wherever we want to be able to drive. And we want to be able to do these things without having to think about whether or not the books balance at the end of the month or the end of the fiscal year. And therefore, we want an unending line of credit. Andrew Bacevich Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. — Albert Einstein They only call it “class war” when we fight back. - anon I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on. - Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972) You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. - Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) Virtue is its own punishment. - Aneurin Bevan (1897 - 1960) You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. - Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988) A short saying oft contains much wisdom. - Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)

[update] The quote I published originally at this post was a misquote. Here's what I should have posted:

Why should we love our enemies? The first reason is fairly obvious. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

– Martin Luther King, Jr. This bona fide quote is from Dr. King's Strength to Love , 1963 [Here's the misquote I originally published: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - I picked it up at another site, and it was incorrect.]