koowelle quotes

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
-- Henry Adams


The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
-- Paul Fix

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
-- Aristotle

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
-- Marlene Dietrich