wise words

Fish, to taste right, must swim three times -- in water, in butter, and in wine.
-- Polish proverb.

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be beverage.
-- Woody Allen, Without Feathers.

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
-- Mark Twain

Life does not imitate art, it imitates bad television.
-- Woody Allen

I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic.
-- Jean Renoir

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
-- Albert Einstein

A work of art has nothing to do with doctrine.
-- Eugene Ionesco

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. 
-- Frank Sinatra

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.
-- Charlton Heston

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed. 
-- Luis Bunuel

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
-- Woody Allen