Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who...

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was, 'the...

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was, 'the...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough...

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough...