"Better is the enemy of good." (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 1694-1778) "People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult." (Anne I'm not dumb, I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
-- Calvin "This is the first age that's paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one." (Arthur C. Clarke) "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." (James Madison) Arts and Entertainment "The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances." (Viktor E. Frankl) I shall return.
-- General Douglas MacArthur Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
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"Common sense and education are highly compatible; in fact, neither is worth much without the other." (Donald G. Smith) If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
-- George Bernard Shaw God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if
he finds her.
-- Benjamin Tillett "I was born and raised with crocodiles; they are a piece of cake. But kids are so ... unpredictable." (Steve Irwin, "Crocodile Hunter") Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
-- Victor Hugo Arts and Entertainment If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve
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-- Robert Graves "Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent--that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been
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"Humans beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid." (Dean Koontz, Seize the Night) 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.
-- Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight.
-- Phyllis Diller The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
-- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, trans. A.J. Krailsheimer Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
-- Benjamin Disraeli Arts and Entertainment If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt "No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous." (Henry B. Adams) If excessive smoking actually plays a role in the production of lung cancer, it seems to be a minor
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-- Dr. W.C. Heuper of the National Cancer Institute, as quoted in the New York Times on Apri Arts and Entertainment
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
-- Samuel Johnson "No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, g We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.
-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
-- Sidney Goff The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
-- George Bernard Shaw Arts and Entertainment Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would
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1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War.
2) Advising the President.
3) D "Great spirits have always faced voilent protest from mediocre minds." (Albert Einstein) Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.
-- Ayn Rand Arts and Entertainment
"Dreams are the touchstones of our personality." (Henry David Thoreau) "Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery." (Andy Warhol) Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when
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- Albert Einstein "Everybody knows that if you are too careful, you become so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something." (Gertrude Stein) Arts and Entertainment Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one
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-- Abraham Lincoln "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." (Franklin P. Jones) He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose
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For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate,
the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
-- Rainer Maria Ril The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. -- Groucho Marx "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." (George Carlin) Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health,
knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.
-- Roger Babson If the government wants people to respect the law, it should set a better example.
-- Anon. Arts and Entertainment Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.
-- Alvin Toffler Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
-- Carl Gustav Jung "It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." (Eugene Ionesco) Arts and Entertainment
It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs Carlyle marry one another and so make only two people miserable instead of four, besides being very amusing. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
-- Albert Einstein "Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them." (Samuel Butler) Work expands to fill the time available.
-- PARKINSON'S LAW "Every Man and every Woman is a Star." (Aleister Crowley) Arts and Entertainment A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke
or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
-- Charles Brower "Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours." (Dale The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944) Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
-- Mark Twain They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to
run his, either.
-- Anonymous If your wife wants to learn how to drive, don't stand in her way. Here's a toast to your new bride who has everything a girl could want in her life, except for good
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-- Wedding Toast Arts and Entertainment "Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships." (Sharon Stone) blah "There is a melancholy that stems from greatness." (Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort, 1740/41-1794) Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. Just
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"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what others say you cannot do." (Anonymous) The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going
to make fun of you.
-- Woody Allen "I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." (Blaise Pascal) Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
-- Soren Kierkegaard There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
-- George Armstrong Custer Arts and Entertainment Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
- Will Durant I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all
over it and put your name at the top.
-- English Professor, Ohio University In the end, everything is a gag.
- Charlie Chaplin Arts and Entertainment
"Dreams are the touchstones of our personality." (Henry David Thoreau) There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
-- François de La Rouchefoucauld Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer (not advised) are called hardware;
those program instructions that you can only curse at are called software.
-- Unknown author, Levitating T Trust, but verify.
-- Ronald Reagan Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant
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-- Rainer Maria Rilke Arts and Entertainment Well, I think that it's a- it's had some difficult times but I think we have- we, I think, have been able
to make some very good progress and it's- I would say that it's- it's- it's delightful that w Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit. I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.
-- Adela Rogers St. John Arts and Entertainment
You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.
-- Dolly Parton No other success can compensate for failure in the home.
-- David O. McKay, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Advice to parents at General Conference of he
LDS Church, April, 1964 Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it. Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country
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-- Senator Soaper "You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question." (Albert Camus, The Fall) Arts and Entertainment Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
-- Dr. Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, address to new parents ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
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