Design for Web and Print by David Butterworth

A child of 5 could understand this. Fetch me a child of 5, I can’t understand this. | Groucho Marx  

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. | Terry Pratchett

I hoped it might kick-start something – but it didn’t. | Mary Portas  

Under capitalism – man exploits man. Under communism it’s just the opposite. | John Kenneth Galbraith  

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners. | H. Jackson Brown, Jr  

The road to truth is long and lined the entire way with annoying bastards. | Alexander Jablokov  

Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I’m rich. | Daffy Duck

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. | Douglas Adams

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships. | Doug Coupland  

Fac ut vivas | Latin

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. | William Morris  

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. | Carl Sagan

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. | Ernest Hemingway  

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. | H. G. Wells

Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster. | Quentin Crisp

It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English – up to fifty words used in correct context – no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. | Carl Sagan  

We care. We just have no idea what to do about it. | Carole Cadwalladr

Human beings who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. | Douglas Adams  

There is only one time that is important: NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. | Leo Tolstoy

Attract Attention, Maintain Interest, Create Desire. | Elias St. Elmo Lewis

Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers. | Picasso

An eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind. | ???

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. | Terry Pratchett

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. | Friedrich Nietzsche

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful. | Hazrat Inayat Khan

When you are 20, you care about what people think about you, when you are 40 you stop caring about what people think about you, and when you are 60, you realise nobody cared in the first place. | Winston Churchill

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn’t like. | H. L. Mencken  

She’s uncertain if she likes him But she knows she really loves him. | David Bowie  

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. | Henry Ford

It is not enough to succeed, others must fail. | Gore Vidal  

The trouble with Kittens is, that they eventually become Cats. | Ogden Nash  

A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. | Oscar Wilde  

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. | Stephen R. Covey

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. | Friedrich Nietzsche

Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s s not okay, it’s not the end. | John Lennon

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. | Douglas Adams

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man | Homer