If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.', Donald H. Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense', US Secretary of Defense (1932 - ) The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.', George Orwell', English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.', Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Quotation and Originality, 1876', US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.', Samuel Johnson', English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
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I shall be breakfasted before you are afield. In short, I shall astonish you all.', Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd',

In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.', Bertrand Russell', British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)