Humans — despite their artistic pretensions, their sophistication, and their many accomplishments — owe their existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.

Q: What's the difference between religion and patriotism?
A: When a dog howls at the moon, that's religion. When a dog barks at a stranger, that's patriotism.

—Unknown

There are two things to remember about a revolution: first, we're gonna get our asses kicked, and second, we're gonna win.

—Unknown

All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.

—Unknown

It's always been and always will be the same in the world: the horse does the work, and the coachman is tipped.

—Unknown

The Duke of Cambridge protested that he wasn't arguing against change. He favored it, he said, when there was no alternative.

—Unknown

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.

—Sitting Bull

The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.

—Martin Mull

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life — this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

—Charles Dudley Warner