The only reward of virtue is virtue.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson "Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain." (Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller, 1759-1805, The Maid of Orleans. Act iii. Sc. 6.) 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 A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
-- Walter Winchell "Paper should be edible, nutritious. Inks used for printing or writing should have delicious flavors. Magazines or newspapers read at breakfast should be eaten for lunch. Instead of throwing one's mai Health "Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works." (Michael Douglas, as Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987) It is never too late to be what you might have been.
-- George Eliot Health
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works." (Michael Douglas, as Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987) A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no
religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear
of You will marry into an Indian tribe and become one big Hopi family. "It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company." (George Washington) First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi Health blah bl "The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
-- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
-- Joseph Addison Health
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.
-- Ellen Hubbard I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
- John F. Kennedy when asked what is his favorite song The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon.
-- Joseph Heller, God Knows "I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record." (Dylan Thomas, final words) I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.
-- Tom Lehrer Health Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.
-- H. L. Mencken I base my fashion sense on what doesn't itch.
-- Gilda Radner Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
-- Fred Allen Health
blah "There is a melancholy that stems from greatness." (Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort, 1740/41-1794) "I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhe "A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car." (Kenneth Tynan) Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.
-- James Graham Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
-- Stephen Leacock Health "Have you ever fed your pocket and starved your soul?" (Ivana Santilli, Too Deep) Laywers, I suppose, were children once.
-- Charles Lamb Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to
happen to him.
-- John Barrymore - last words Health
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may
well be another profound truth.
-- Niels Bohr "So little done, so much to do." (Cecil Rhodes) The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent
crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an airliner; and murdering a government poultry
inspe Question: Ted Kennedy: "Where was George?"
Answer: Dry, sober, and at home with his wife A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he is finished.
-- Zsa Zsa Gabor Health Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and
cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
-- Tom Robbins Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
-- John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy, 1981-1987 When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life
of another.
-- Helen Keller Health
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat
guy in the third row exists?
-- Woody Allen A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.
-- Ed Howe One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is
terribly important.
- Bertrand Russell
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.
-- Oscar Wilde What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
-- Abraham Lincoln Health "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." (Henry Louis Mencken) The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
-- W. Somerset Maugham Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death Health
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when
we created them.
- Albert Einstein A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson Love is friendship set on fire.
- Jeremy Taylor Trust, but verify.
-- Ronald Reagan "The last Christian died on the cross." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Health "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." (A. A. Milne) If God created us in His image we have certainly returned the compliment.
-- Voltaire An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
-- Sacha Guitry Health
Friends applaud, the Comedy is over.
-- Ludwig von Beethoven, dying words Before marraige a man will like awake all night thinking about something you said. After marriage
he will fall asleep before you have finished saying it.
-- Anon. "In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." (Eric Hoffer) "I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's w The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
-- Mark Twain Health "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." (James Joyce) Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh Don't look back -- something might be gaining on you.
-- Satchel Paige Health
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
-- Wehrner von Braun Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
-- Michael Leunig He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
- H. H. Munro (Saki) If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
-- Al Bernstein I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting married, they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast for me. -- Dick Martin Health Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
-- Virginia Woolf "Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great." (Fernando Flores) Experience is the name every one gives his mistakes.
-- Elbert Hubbard Health
He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.
-- John Stuart Mill A small family is soon provided for.
-- English Proverb "The concerned investment banker is the one who blows the horn on his Mercedes as he drives through a red light." (Anonymous) I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
- e e cummings It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
-- Mark Twain Health I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
-- Francois-Auguste Rodin, when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
-- Emily Dickinson In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
-- Samuel Butler Health
"A man is only as faithful as his opportunity." (Chris Rock) I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call
me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
-- Rebecca West, "No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) If God created us in His image we have certainly returned the compliment.
-- Voltaire Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't
take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates...
-- Anonymous Health He would make a lovely corpse.
- Charles Dickens Marriage is like a cage--one sees the birds outside desperate to get in and those inside equally
desparate to get out.
-- Di Peatlins "A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized." (Fred Allen) Health
