Creative Quotations from H. L. Mencken for Sep 12

[ChimneyMcSmokesalot]

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence." - H.L Mencken

[Hythloday71]

"For every problem there is a simple solution, and it is WRONG" - an H.L Mencken quote that I like that came my way.

[atkidz]

read h l mencken and listen to deep house at the same time it sounds strange but when i do this i get a sense of timelessness and his words come to life and i realize how on target he was try it

[fiftiesdesign]

Do I enjoy a decent bath because I know that John Smith cannot afford one - or because I delight in being clean?...Do I prefer kissing a pretty girl to kissing a charwoman because even a janitor may kiss a charwoman - or because the pretty girl looks better, smells better and kisses better?

[D3TOX3R]

It's funny becuase, i'm reading "Minority Report" right now and there were these people beside me at Barnes and Noble who must have thought that II was a madman of some sort because, I kept laughing out loud intermittenly the whole time I was there reading. Today, the only voice that barely comes near to Menken's is maybe Mike Taibbi's, but even then...

[Atreus21]

"Love is the delusion that one woman is different from another."

[InciteTheFight]

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."

[pumista64]

one of my favorite one by mencken is "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american public" because its so true how the american public can easily be manipulated and make them ignorant without them even knowing.