I love good quotes too...
"I resigned. I will not be pushed, stamped, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."
-Number Six, The Prisoner.
"Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of the fools, but the fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." Marcus Porcius Cato, ca 160 BC
"The earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer mind parents. Every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is approaching fast." Assyrian tablet, 2800 BC(not sure if it's really a quote, but I found it...funny and ironic)
"Men willingly believe what they wish." (Julius Caesar)
"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way." (Halifax)
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." Goethe
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man".(George Bernard Shaw)
"Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, and why we died. All that matters is that today, two stood against many. Valor pleases you, so grant me this one request. Grant me revenge!
And if you do not listen, the HELL with you!" (Conan in the "Conan the Barbarian"movie, obviously)
(long one)
"They are irreverent to the gods and disobedient to our edicts, lenient as they are. For we allow none of them to be dragged to the altars unwillingly... It is therefore my pleasure to announce and publish to all the people by this edict, that they must not abet the seditions of the clergy ... They may hold their meetings, if they wish, and offer prayers according to their established use ... and for the future, let all people live in harmony ... Men should be taught and won over by reason, not by blows, insults, and corporal punishments. I therefore most earnestly admonish the adherents of the true religion not to injure or insult the Galilaeans in any way ... Those who are in the wrong in matters of supreme importance are objects of pity rather than" of hate ..." (Julian the Apostate, regarding the Christians of his time)