"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

William Arthur Ward, quoted as "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe and Mail Dec. 1, 2003

"The narrowest hinge on my hand puts to scorn all machinery."

Walt Whitman, quoted in John Stewart Collis, Living With A Stranger: A Discourse on the Human Body

 "I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid."

Terry Bradshaw, quoted in Gilbert! magazine Jan.-Feb. 2002

William "Blake could do so many things. Why is it that he could do none of them quite right?"

G.K. Chesterton, quoted by Dale Ahlquist in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 5 # 3 (December 2001)

"If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?"

Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Paine, date unknown, according to The Patriot Post Founders’ Quote Daily March 24, 2008 from Federalist.com

"It’s kind of like an elephant in a bathtub: If you don’t see it at first glance, chances are you never will."

Sen. Fred Thompson quoted by Jay Nordlinger in National Review May 17, 1999 [as it happens I don't agree with the point Thompson was making but it's a great metaphor] 

"If Your Life Was a Business, Would You Invest in It?"

The title of a book by John Eckblad and David Kiel, mentioned by Susan Riley in Ottawa Citizen Dec. 15, 2004

"History is boring only if people are boring. History isn’t relevant only if, living your own life, you don’t care how other people lived theirs."

William Watson in Ottawa Citizen July 11, 1998