What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
- Samuel Johnson

Hah.

Not all those who wander are lost.
—J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Somehow, this one reminded me of you, x. 

Here are some more of my favorites from H.L. Mencken, along with the sources:

Bachelors know more about women than married men. If they did not the would be married too.
(Chrestomethy)

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
(Prejudices)

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
(Minority Report)

The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.
(Minority Report)

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
(Minority Report)

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The Independent - “Reverend Spooner Arrested in Friar Tuck Incident.”
- I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, “Historical Headlines”

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Our country has the best politicians money can buy.
-Will Rogers

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
—Slovenian Proverb

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy

(Yeah, I’m lame.)

By the power of Greyskull, I am He-Man!
-He-Man c. 1985

IBM is a big company.
—Bill Gates

The problem with Microsoft is that they have no taste…
-Steve Jobs

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin

this is another one Bryan wishes he had posted…except he’s too busy posting sugar coated remarks

Eat my shorts.
—Bart Simpson

I hate quotations.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It tastes like burning.”
—Ralph Wiggum

Me flunk English, that’s unposible.
-Raplh Wigum

edit: I swear I didn’t know x was going to post a Ralph Wigum quote.
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Just call me the thread killa!
H To Da Izzo M To Da, uh, yeah.

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“That’s where I saw the Leprchaun. He tells me to burn things!”
—Ralph Wiggum

(Uh huh, suuuure. )