blah bl "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning, but without understanding." (Louis Brandeis) "You make 'em, I amuse 'em." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991, on children) We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as
possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From it springs the purest courtesy in the
outward behavior.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Man is the only animal that blushes--or needs to.
-- Mark Twain Weather Black holes are where God divided by zero.
- Steven Wright "I praise loudly. I blame softly." (Catherine the Great) Republican boys date Democratic girls. They plan to marry Republican girls, but feel they're
entitled to a little fun first.
-- Anonymous Weather
I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
-- Mark Twain A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
-- H. L. Mencken "If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process. The rainbow is more beautiful than the pot at the end of it, because the rainbow is now. And the pot never turns out to be quite what I e "No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing." (Oscar Wilde) Weather Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to
benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.
-- Ralph Mars "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65) Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error
that provoked it.
-- Alvin Toffler Weather
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
-- Thomas Dewar Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from
both sides.
-- Margaret Thatcher There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
-- Oscar Wilde Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-- Niels Bohr If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet
enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent p Weather I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.
-- Rose Kennedy, (1890-1995) family matriarch, on her 100th birthday, 1991 "Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human) I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.
-- Bart Simpson, young character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated television show Weather
Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt "One of the good things about low self-esteem is never having rain hit you in the face." (John A. Simone Jr.) What do you take me for, an idiot?
- General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), when a journalist asked him if he was happy May you never leave your marriage alive. Marriage: the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license. Weather "To avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." (Elbert Hubbard, American author, 1856-1915) "In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away unable to distinguish between a symbol and the thing the symbol stands for." (Paul Lutus) If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
-- Mother Teresa Weather
"We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police." (Jeff Marder) Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong
and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny
is but th Republican boys date Democratic girls. They plan to marry Republican girls, but feel they're entitled to a little fun first. "Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." (Aldous Huxley) "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65) Weather "I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." (Groucho Marx) It was the greatest of the imperfect ventriloquist acts: when his lips moved, her body sang.
-- Tom Robbins It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
-- Gore Vidal Weather
You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.
-- Henny Youngman Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
-- Lord Dewar History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
-- Winston Churchill "Yes, I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world." (Oscar Wilde) "Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, they belong not to you. You may gi Weather "Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures--in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together." The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
-- Josh Billings The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does
not stop until you get into the office.
-- Robert Frost Weather
Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about
his taste, not condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.
-- George Santayana The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
-- Indigo Girls, song lyric Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost;
-- J.R.R. Tolkein "I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear ... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived." (Rabbi H Weather ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity. He who laughs last is generally the last to get the joke.
-- Terry Cohen Weather
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up
our minds to walk boldly through them.
-- Orison Swett Marden Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it,
Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me
de That government is best which governs least.
-- Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
-- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes. Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
-- James Stephens Weather blah "This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
-- Oliver Herford The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness!
-- Mark Russell Weather
It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.
-- Anonymous "There is nothing more fearful than ignorance in action." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, Criticisms, Reflections and Maxims) Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim
to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome.' You must be willing to fire.
-- Gen. George A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted
by a little physical antipathy.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." (William Blake) Weather "There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." (Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom) In the end, everything is a gag.
- Charlie Chaplin And I shall love thee still my dear, Until my wife is wise. Weather
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
-- Anne Bradstreet The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid.
-- Richard Braunstein Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and
begin slitting throats.
- Henry Louis Mencken No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
-- Yogi Berra Weather He would make a lovely corpse.
- Charles Dickens Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
-- Bob Perelman Weather
Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence.
-- King Vidor, in the 1928 film, The Crawl Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.
- Paul Erdos Wind is to fire like distance is to love; it extinguishes the small and enflames the great.
-- Anonymous The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one
is.
-- Arnold Bennett If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.
-- Bob Edwards Weather "In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They just die." (John Chancellor, The News Business) "Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them." (Samuel Butler) It's no credit to anyone to work to hard.
-- Ed Howe Weather
