Wise beyond their years...

If you say that there are elephants flying in the sky, people are not going to believe you. But if you say that there are four hundred and twenty-five elephants in the sky, people will probably believe you.

--writer Gabriel García Márquez

When the political columnists say “Every thinking man” they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to “Every intelligent voter” they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.

--columnist Franklin Pierce Adams

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

--writer Mark Twain

Stupidity has a certain charm. Ignorance does not.

--rock musician Frank Zappa

I don't see how you can go too far in the right direction.

--writer Margaret Drabble

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

--writer A. A. Milne