Every Law is an Infraction of Lliberty

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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost

The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle, complimentary way the she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before. – F. Scott Fitzgerald (How romantic he was)

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietsche

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. – H.L. Mencken

Every law is an infraction of liberty. – Jeremy Bentham

Lawsuit, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. – Ambrose Bierce

The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw

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The Only Satisfaction Comes from Survival

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Holidays are an expensive trial of strength. The only satisfaction comes from survival. – Jonathan Miller

I’ve been asked if I ever get the DTs; I don’t know; it’s hard to tell where Hollywood ends and the DTs begin. – W.C. Fields

In Hollywood if you don’t have happiness, you send out for it. – Rex Reed

He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama. – E.M. Cioran

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of men. – Albert Einstein

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. – Anatole France

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. – Don Marquis

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. – James Thurber