Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
-- The Artist Formerly Known As Prince 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 The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of
mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
-- Rita Mae Brown I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
-- Zsa Zsa Gabor Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the
face of this earth.
-- Albert Einstein Religions Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a
madhouse.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Teacher played hooky. Sent message: 'Receiving instruction. Enjoying myself thoroughly. See you next week.'" (John Cage, M, Writings 1967 - 1972) Character is what you are in the dark.
-- Dwight L. Moody Religions
Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.
-- Alvin Toffler For the majority of People, smoking has a beneficial effect.
-- Dr. Ian G. Macdonald, Los Angeles surgeon, quoted in Newsweek , Nov.18th 1963. Epperson's law:
When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at. "I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record." (Dylan Thomas, final words) If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man
will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
-- Henry Ford Religions The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One
cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the
marvelous str To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
-- Oscar Wilde Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
-- Jose Ortega y Gasset Religions
"Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin) Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
-- General Douglas MacArthur I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
- Cicero If a man is talking in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
-- Jenny Weber Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
- Henry David Thoreau Religions If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
-- Scott Adams This world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
-- Horace Walpole It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
-- Mae West Religions
"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." (Calvin Coolidge) I date this girl for two years--and then the nagging starts: "I wanna know your name."
-- Mike Binder A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.
-- Anonymous In marriage, the bridge gets a shower. But for the groom, it's curtains! "Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown!
Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers." (Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, 1962) Religions It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
-- Harry Truman It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
-- Abraham Lincoln The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than
the procreation of children.
-- Thornton Wilder Religions
If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, 'cause there's a million ways
to be, you know that there are...
-- Cat Stevens, from a song lyric If all men were brothers, would you let one marry your sister? Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
-- Josephus Daniels Religions You can pay attention to the fact, in which case you'll probably become a mathematician, or you
can ignore it, in which case you'll probably become a physicist.
-- Len Evans, professor, Northwestern "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65) My wife doesn't care what I do away from home, as long as I don't enjoy it. Religions
Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.
-- Jonson, Ben Grove giveth and Gates taketh away.
- Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep
up with software demands Republican boys date Democratic girls. They plan to marry Republican girls, but feel they're
entitled to a little fun first.
-- Anonymous Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes.
-- Brendan Hills "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." (John Benfield) Religions "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and
begin slitting throats.
- Henry Louis Mencken A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.
-- George H. Mead Religions
"Children spell love...T-I-M-E." (Dr. Anthony P. Witham) The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
-- Thomas Jefferson We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
-- Isaac B. Singer True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
-- Henry David Thoreau Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to
do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.
-- Anonymous Religions Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating
influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the
commun 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 We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
-- Aesop Religions
In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.
-- Christopher Morley The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
-- P. J. O'Rourke He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
-- Thomas Fuller, M.D. When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things I didn't do than for the things I shouldn't
have done.
-- Malcolm Forbes Health food makes me sick.
-- Calvin Trillin Religions Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
-- Clare Boothe Luce The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.
-- Joan Borysenko 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 Religions
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more
experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat
soiled or torn? Marriage still confers one very special privilege - only a married person can get divorced. Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on
tormenting the generations to come.
-- Montesquieu We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
-- Seneca Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
- Mark Twain Religions Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
- Ambrose Bierce Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to
us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
-- Jeff Raskin And life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be.
-- Grandma Moses Religions
"Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is k Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all
I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going "Quit it."
-- Jerry Seinfeld If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.
-- John Aniston, on how computers have taken over his life Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
-- Soren Kierkegaard It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain Religions "The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour." (Karl Marx) Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
-- David Starr Jordan People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get
what they want.
-- David Mamet Religions
The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.
-- Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort "Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is k "We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police." (Jeff Marder) Hark, the Herald Tribune sings,
Advertising wondrous things!
-- Tom Lehrer "If you want a thing done well, do it yourself." (Napoleon Bonaparte) Religions "Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing." (Oscar Wilde) Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-- Benjamin Franklin A dollar saved is a quarter earned.
-- John Ciardi Religions
