Jules Feiffer quotes and words of wisdom

"Maturity is only a short break in adolescence."
Found in the topic Maturity.

"At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?"
Found in the topic Adolescence.

"Artists can color the sky red because they know it"s blue. Those of us who aren"t artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we"re stupid."
Found in the topic Sky.

"I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I was not poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. (Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged.) Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don?t have a dime but I have a great vocabulary."
Found in the topic Cook.

Interesting Quotes

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.Douglas Adams - English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

All great truths begin as blasphemies.George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)