Sturgeon's Law/Quotes

""How many dramas have you in France, sir?" said Candide to the Abbé. "Five or six thousand." "What a number!" said Candide. "How many good?" "15 or 16" replied the other [critic]. "What a number!" said Martin."

- Voltaire, Candide

""The animes represent a wide body of entertainment which includes some good stuff, as well as an absolutely incomprehensible amount of shit. Like anything.""

- Andrew Hussie, creator of MS Paint Adventures

""Don't feel bad, Homer. Nine out of ten religions fail in their first year.""

- God, The Simpsons

""The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get published. The average -- or only slightly above average -- detective story does.""

- Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

""Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.""

- Benjamin Disraeli