„Capital, n. The seat of misgovernment.“

— Ambrose Bierce
„SHOEBURYNESS (abs. n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom“
— Douglas Adams
„Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits.“
— Peter F. Drucker
„Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„nOthIng cansurPassthe mySteRyofstilLness“
— E.E. Cummings
„Congratulation, n. The civility of envy.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„White, adj. and n. Black.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Accord, n. Harmony.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„The head is the seat of intelligence. The heart is the seat of emotion. Both have to work in cooperation with the body.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar