Meng “Favorite Quotes”

First of all, some quotes I use regularly and which I don’t remember having read somewhere, so I think they are my creation :

One of my favorite authors/creators is Bertrand Russel who created the following quotes :

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

And some more quotes from the excellent Woody Allen :

I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats.
To you I’m an atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.
I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.

And some more quotes from different authors :

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation. — Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogota
En términos urbanísticos, la visión que propongo de una ciudad civilizada no es la que tiene autopistas, sino aquella en que un niño en un triciclo puede movilizarse con seguridad.” – La ciudad y la igualdad. El Malpensante (Bogotá) “Ob eine Stadt zivilisiert ist, hängt nicht von der Zahl ihrer Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen ob, sondern davon, ob ein Kind auf dem Dreirad unbeschwert und sicher überall hinkommt.” — Enrique Peñalosa, kolumbianischer Volkswirtschaftler und Politiker
Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet them on your way down. — Jimmy Durante
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. — Anonymous
I may disapprove of what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it — Evelyn Beatrice Hall
100% der Lottogewinner haben Lotto gespielt — ???

Here a french one, partially from Edgar Degas :

Jusque 40 ans, on a la gueule que Dieu nous a donné, à partir de quarante ans, on a la gueule qu’on mérite.

And finally a few nice Quotes I have on some T-Shirts/Mugs :

Sailing is note the answer. Sailing is the question. The answer is YES — Scuttlebutt
Better a bad day at Tennis than a good day at work
Ein rauher Tag auf See ist besser als jeder Tag im Büro

And I will finish with a lovely Calvin & Hobbes Strip :