For the love of the Lord God, give us a pair of slave women as
alms, because we are spending the pittance we have entirely on hired
girls.
        --An abbess to the queen of Portugal, 1500s

"They're multipurpose. Not only do they put the clips on, but they take 
them off." 

- Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the company charged the Air 
Force nearly $1000 for an ordinary pair of pliers.

"Always do one thing less than you think you can do." 

    - Bernard Baruch 

"If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen,
hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to
dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream."

                                                      --Edward Abbey

"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they're open."
                        -- Bumper sticker