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

"''"I started Lists Galore 5 years ago as a place to celebrate my obsession with lists. ''Fantastic lists were all over the internet and I made it my mission to track them down and share them with my readers. There was an embarrassment of riches when it came to awesome lists. ''Recently, however, low-quality lists have become more and more prevalent. I find myself sorting through way too much trash in order to find the gems. It's just not fun anymore.""

- Andi, List Galore, So Long And Thanks For All The Lists.