"Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother." 

     - Ferengi Rule of Acquisition Number 31, Deep Space Nine 

Conway's law:
In any organization, there will always be one person who
knows what is going on. This person should be fired.

"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better
       than we deserve." -- George Bernard Shaw

Arnold Bennett: 
     "The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to
go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of
somebody else."

"Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted"