quotes of day Thursday, September 17, 2026

“I have a good sense of my body in a bathing suit around people who appreciate what I'm doing, like a contest. Then I'm proud. On television I am proud. But on a beach most people are not experts. The general public doesn't know how to look. How proud can you be when they don't even know what they're looking at?”

“I conceived at least one great love in my life, of which I was always the object.”

“The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.”

“I believe we are here to do good. It is the responsibility of every human being to aspire to do something worthwhile, to make the world a better place than the one we found.”

“If we neglect or abandon those who are suffering in poverty ... not only are we depriving ourselves of potential opportunities for markets and economic growth, but ultimately that despair may turn to violence that turns on us.”

“If you have spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your big toe, everything else seems easy.”

“There's only two things you can start without a plan: a riot and a family, for everything else you need a plan.”

“The popular definition of tragedy is heavy drama in which everyone is killed in the last act, comedy being light drama in which everyone is married in the last act.”

“Policeman: "A hermit eh? Then why's your table set for four?" Groucho: "That's nothing. My alarm clock is set for eight.”

“There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.”

“You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.”

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”

“Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.”

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake.”

“When you meet with someone and you try to assess whether they're telling you the truth or not, there's several things you can do. You judge demeanor and credibility. You look at corroboration.”

“While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.”