whispers from the greatest of us (and those not so whispered)

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

-- Eugene McCarthy

**ahem "i can see Russia from my house"??

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

--Lisa Alther Kinflicks, 1975

Who knew that dog saliva can mend a broken heart?
--Jennifer Neal

With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'

--Mitch Hedburg

Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately.
-- Scott Adams

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.

--Benjamin Disraeli

"write a book about it." about what?

what you love.