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"The only way to have friends is to be one." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
-- André Maurois What do I dislike about death? Must be the hours.
-- Woody Allen "The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me." (George Bernar A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who
marries a man to reform him.
-- Elbert Hubbard Religion If excessive smoking actually plays a role in the production of lung cancer, it seems to be a minor
one.
-- Dr. W.C. Heuper of the National Cancer Institute, as quoted in the New York Times on Apri "Think off-center." (George Carlin) With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
-- Abraham Lincoln Religion
"I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower."
"Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!"
-- Ken Kesey from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has
come.
-- Victor Hugo University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
-- Henry Kissinger He who limps is still walking.
-- Stanislaw J. Lec It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women, who are
romantic dreamers and actually believe that estrogenic skin cream must do something or they
couldn't cha Religion Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson "I would rather die standing than live on my knees!" (Emiliano Zapata) "To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Religion
Nobody ever died of laughter.
-- Max Beerbohm I drink no more than a sponge.
-- Francis Rabelais, Works. Book i. Chap. v. May you be too good for the world and not good enough for your wife. Grad school is the snooze button on the clock-radio of life.
-- John Rogers, comedian (who holds a graduate degree in physics) blah bla "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." (Albert Einstein) Religion "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution,
of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always
be If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth Religion
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good
marriage
-- Martin Luther If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." (George Bernard Shaw) Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.
-- Alphonse Allais Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give. -- Cass Daley Religion "The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) My good intentions are completely lethal.
-- Margaret Atwood We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
-- Mme de Staël Religion
Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.
-- Alphonse Allais There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-- Benjamin Disraeli No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." (Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms) "O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!" (William Shakespeare) I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a
woman.
-- Virginia Woolf Religion Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. English Law prohibits a man from marrying his mother-in-law. This is our idea of useless legislation. The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
-- Publilius Syrus Religion
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
-- H. L. Mencken "Education is a vacine for violence." (Edward James Olmos) "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." (Albert Einstein) "Where there's a marriage without love there will be love without marriage." (Benjamin Franklin) 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 Religion The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My
answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer
to that would be The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute
for life.
-- Andrew Brown "I run to see who has the most guts." (Steve Roland Prefontaine) Religion
Tear open packet, unfold and use.
-- Directions on moist towelette package "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck." (George Sanders, suicide note) The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when
we created them.
- Albert Einstein "Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes." (Oscar Wilde) Why yes -- a bulletproof vest.
-- James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad Religion My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
-- Christopher Morley God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at
the same time.
- Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair "What dies if freedom lives? What lives if freedom dies?" (Lindsay Anderson, British filmmaker, from if.... (1968) Religion
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
-- Aristotle Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and
joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me. To see reality--not
as "Death solves all problems--no man, no problem." (Josef Stalin) He who laughs last thinks slowest.
-- Seen on a bumper sticker Consequences, schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich!
-- Chuck Jones-directed cartoon Religion CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the
table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the
disg Journalism is merely history's first draft.
-- Geoffrey C. Ward Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
- Oscar Wilde Religion
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
-- Agnes Repplier Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
-- Boies Penrose, 1931 When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the
problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
- Buckminster A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
-- Albert Einstein Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
- Mel Brooks Religion I'd marry again if I found a man who had 15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the
marriage and guarantee he'd be dead within a year.
-- Bette Davis Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
- Isaac Asimov "You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Religion
With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly good I thee endow.
-- Wedding Vow, Book of Common Prayer "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." (James Joyce) Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's
family does too.
-- Anonymous Realism is a corruption of reality.
-- Wallace Stevens "Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Religion blah "Ideas are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and, following them, you reach yo "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." (Edger Allen Poe) "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 Religion
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
-- George Jean Nathan All over Washington today, the politicians and the power brokers are happy. In fact, if you listen
closely, you can hear the sound of champagne corks popping.
-- Paul Jacob, Term Limits Executive Di The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
-- Albert Einstein To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
-- Anatole France It ain't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
-- Will Rogers Religion We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we
respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
-- H. L. Mencken No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." (Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms) Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
-- Vince Lombardi Religion
