Almost every famous person at least once in their life said something that was remembered by the society, and considered meaningful, important or just funny. Those quotations can be mentioned in various situations. Often they are used in speeches or in a humorous way. In order to find some of them grub around.
Dame rebecca west
Date: December 27, 2007
If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time."
Before a war, military science seems a real science, like astronomy. After a war it seems more like astrology.