"Most specifically, irrationality means that rational systems are unreasonable systems. By that I mean that they deny the basic humanity, the human reason, of the people who work within or are served by them."

“Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your hat has got a hole in it. So have your breeches.”

Source : George Canning (1842). “Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary Biographical Sketch, and an Appendix, of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches”, p.557

“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”

“Despite my mum being from a small village in the middle of a forest, I'm not a country person. I don't like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and fondling a pig.”

“The thing is, you don't want to overact or be full of yourself.”

Source : "Penelope Ann Miller, Who Stars In ‘The Artist,’ Talks Working With Harvey Weinstein" by Rob Shuter, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2012.

“To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.”

“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.”

“If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.”

Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1990). “Essays in Disguise”, Alfred A. Knopf

“What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.”