He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.
-- John Stuart Mill Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without
feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex,
the ugl "I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes." (Wolfgang Puck, restauranteur) A man's reach should exeed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for?
-- Robert Browning Church is only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members.
-- William Temple Government We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your
way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition -- plowing straight ahead, come what
may It's no credit to anyone to work to hard.
-- Ed Howe There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good
marriage
-- Martin Luther Government
Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
-- Michael Leunig If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
-- Samuel Butler Time is at once the most valuable and most perishable of all our possessions.
-- John Randolph "I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record." (Dylan Thomas, final words) The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
-- General George Patton Government "I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio." (Joan Rivers) You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald
spot.
-- Elayne Boosler Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
- Saint Augustine Government
"There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself." (Herman Melville) "Marriage excuses no one the freak's roll-call." (Joe Orton, What the Butler Saw) He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
-- Confucius In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.
-- Helen Rowland Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-- Oscar Wilde Government Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is
not a conservative, has no brains.
-- Winston Churchill In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.
-- Gamaliel Bradford "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." (Henry B. Adams) Government
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwile careers in the
street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack
of u Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
- Mark Twain At the bottom no one in life can help anyone else in life; this one experiences over and over in
every conflict and every perplexity: that one is alone. That isn't as bad as it may first appear; and [You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
-- Earl Bush, press aide to Richard Daley Friends applaud, the Comedy is over.
-- Ludwig von Beethoven, dying words Government Love thy neighbor, but make sure her husband is away first. Intelligence has nothing to do with politics.
-- Londo Molari Every child is born a genius.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller Government
Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God.
-- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cat's Cradle blah "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." (Vincent van Gogh) "To educate educators! But the first ones must educate themselves! And for these I write." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "People demand freedom only when they have no power." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "The overman ... Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietz Government "Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same." (George Bernard Shaw) Did you hear about the scientist whose wife had twins? He baptized one and kept the other as a control. My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me!
-- Henry Ford Government
Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. George Bernard
Shaw (1856 - 1950), The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3 "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." (Blaise Pascal) "A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men." (Saadi) The theory used to be you marry an older man because they are more mature. The new theory is that men don't mature. So you might as well marry a younger one. The only reward of virtue is virtue.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson Government No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
-- Yogi Berra "I am not afraid of tomorrow, for i have seen yesterday and i love today!" (William Allen White) "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." (Oscar Wilde) Government
In a novel, the hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin for the finish. In a movie, that is not
allowed. The villain can lay anybody he wants, have as much fun and as he wants cheating,
stealing, "Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic." (Jean Sibelius) Journalism is merely history's first draft.
-- Geoffrey C. Ward A person should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words
that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
-- Alexander Pope "Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives." (Gary Busey) Government Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
-- Oscar Wilde I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
-- Edward Chilton Marriage is like a mousetrap. Those on the outside are trying to get in. Those on the inside are trying to get out. Government
Does anal retentive have a hyphen?
-- Seen on a t-shirt "Frank and explicit; that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others." (Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil) Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
-- Anonymous Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
-- P. J. O'Rourke A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.
-- Ed Howe Government How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create
it herself.
- Anais Nin To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the marriage cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
Whenever you're right, shut up. -- Nash "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." (Franklin P. Jones) Government
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
-- Aristotle For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of
pleasure, assuage what I find of pain.
-- Lyster The telephone company is urging people to *please* not use the telephone unless it is absolutely
necessary in order to keep the lines open for emergency personnel. We'll be right back after this
bre 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 Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
that I shall say good night till it be morrow.
-- Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare. Act II, Scene II, lines 220-221 Government The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do
its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.
-- Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with
the powerful, not to be neutral.
-- Paulo Freire If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt Government
"Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong." (Oscar Wilde) We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
-- Aesop "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991) The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this
is true.
-- James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion "To be great is to be misunderstood." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Government 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 "All grown-ups were once children, though few of them remember it." (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who,
doing some small routine job in a vast undertaking, does not care to look beyond the lever of a
machi Government
A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a
minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.
-- Albert Einstein Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and annoys the pig.
-- Anon. "Death solves all problems--no man, no problem." (Josef Stalin) The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
- definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
-- Gandhi Government "... What good are dreams if they come true?" (Frederick Exley, A Fan's Notes) To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it;
whenever you're right, shut up.
-- Ogden Nash The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
-- Jackie Gleason Government
