Quote-o-rama

Anyone who knows me, knows that when it comes to things like this, I love to make lists of quotes.  I did this on myspace, I retweet them on Twitter, I at least meant to do it on Facebook and I will now start one here.  So without further ado, here is a list of quotes that I like:

• You have to crack a few eggs to make an omelet.  (This one just fits the way I like to approach projects.  I am rarely very concerned with collateral damage.)
• This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.  ~Plato  (Patriot Act, nationalized health care, TSA molestation, FEMA...  It's even more insidious when said protector protects us from ourselves.)
• He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule. ~Seneca  (It's hard to admit, but there is actually a lot you can learn by working for a completely incompetent buffoon.  It has really framed the brilliance of many bits of wisdom which I come across and this one is no exception.)
• Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. ~ Schopenhauer  (Just a really good analogy, I think)
• Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass. 
• Base souls have no faith in great individuals.  ~Rousseau  (Here is another one of those bits of wisdom I just mentioned.)
• Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.  ~Margaret Atwood 
• A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.  ~Georg Lichtenberg (This reminds me of the time this really caustic lady in a class I had went on a tangent about how much it bugs her if somebody calls her a bitch; even jokingly.)
• Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.  ~Machiavelli 
• The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.  ~Ayn Rand
• We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.  ~Stalin  (This was spoken in 1931; exactly ten years before the German invasion of WWII)
• If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.  ~Winston Churchill  (At age 20, I would have thought this was the stupidest thing I have ever heard.  For that matter, I would have at 35.  I have finally managed to synchronize my politics with my true self.  I am actually quite pragmatic at the core and am finally quite comfortable with that.)
• If you are lonely when you are alone, then you are in bad company.  ~Sartre
• God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests.  ~Danish Proverb  (I'm not a big god guy, but I find it ironic that this is coming from one of the most socialistic countries in the world.)
• Can't is the cancer of happen.  `Charlie Sheen.  Yeah, yeah, but you know what?  It makes sense and it's kind of clever, so back off.  We're just here to have fun.
• The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.  ~Socrates  (Just remember this next time you are complaining about those awful rich people)
• Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.  ~Oscar Wilde  (A little Oscar Wilde by request.  The guy was a quote machine and this is an more eloquent version of my refrain of "Just because you are educated, doesn't mean you are smart")
• It's not the fault of the pig, but of the one who scratches his back.  (Argentinian proverb that reminded me of the parents that excuse and enable the obnoxious or criminal behavior of their children.)
• Unions are ultimately the result of a group of individuals who are afraid that one day they will be forced to face the reality that their work is not as valuable as they would like to believe.