"I came, I saw, I conquered... but only for the Weekend"
G. Julius Ceaser
"E tu, Brute?"
Last words of Caius Cassius Longinus, after being struck down on the senate floor by Brutus, as part of a conspiracy lead by G. J. Ceaser.
"Constitutions Should be long and detailed."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Don't be so humble; you are really not that great."
Pontius Pilate to Jesus
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstein, shortly before failing his final exams in Math. He spent his life employed at a gas station, and was killed by a car at the age of 37.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
Albert Gore, on June 15, 2000, during a live presidential debate, after his Opponent, George w. Bush, while discussing his and Gore's religious beliefs, managed to contradict himself, misplace 7 words, and use 3 gramatically incorrect sentences. Gore won a 62% majority in the popular vote, and 369 votes in the electoral college.
"There are no facts, only interpretations."
Bill Clinton, during his impeachment procedings.
"He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'."
Napoleon Bonaparte, when asked what made exile bearable. 2 weeks later, he escaped and rallied his armies to defeat the Prussians at Ligny, the British at Quatre Bras, the Austrians, at Cambrai, the Russians at Mons and St.-Quentin, and then the massed armies of the coalition at Ameins.
(redbeard, this one is for you).
"I have nothing to declare except my genius."
Why, me of course. Who do you expect?