Wit & Wisdom

“If God created the world, his primary concern was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us.”

Albert Einstein, quoted in Aeon.co

“Politics is perhaps the

only profession for which no preparation is

thought necessary.”

Robert Louis Stevenson,

quoted in the Dothan, Ala., Eagle

“Accusations of unpatriotism drenched in

scorn are a means of stopping debates, not of

starting them.”

U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright,

quoted in CNN.com

“Hollywood is the place on earth where you can get stabbed in the back while you’re climbing a ladder.”

William Faulkner, quoted in

The New York Times

“Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.”

17th-century British statesman George Savile, quoted

in NationalReview.com

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life

was ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice.”

German theologian Meister Eckhart, quoted in the Charleston, W.Va., Gazette-Mail

“The social contract between humans and

dogs might be the best bit of business we

have ever done.”

Irish journalist Paul Howard,

quoted in TheJournal.ie