"When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Hark, the Herald Tribune sings,
Advertising wondrous things!
-- Tom Lehrer It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion.
- Albert Einstein I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
-- Wilson Mizner "There is no sin except stupidity." (Oscar Wilde) Khotyn You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
-- Henry Ford I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
-- Nancy Mitford Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork
picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
-- Tom Stoppard Khotyn
After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely
pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.
-- Philip Streifer, Superintendent "The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only th "Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) "Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god." (Jean Rostand) Khotyn You can observe a lot by watching.
-- Yogi Berra "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call the time Eternity." (Jerzy Kosinski, Polish novelist, from his suicide note) Khotyn
"Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic." (Jean Sibelius) "Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world's ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have the greatness to bend history "The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up." (John Lennon) The important thing is not to stop questioning.
-- Albert Einstein Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning
there was about a 25-year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have
people all Khotyn No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
-- Abraham Lincoln May your wife be a witch who takes after her mother, and may you all live together in a one-room house. A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
-- Michel de Montaigne Khotyn
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-- Aldous Huxley "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." (James Joyce) The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute
for life.
-- Andrew Brown What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is
the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
-- Crow In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
-- Robert Frost Khotyn The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
- George Bernard Shaw "In some ways, I never outgrew my adolescence. I wake up in the morning and think, 'Oh my God, I'm late for a math test!' But then I say, 'Wait a minute. I'm 40.'" (Daniel Clowes) "It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Khotyn
Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
-- Oscar Wilde Vote early and vote often.
- Al Capone If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the
bureaucracy won't.
-- Hyman Rickover The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not,
the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you 'come to terms
with "I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder , chaos--especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom ... Rather than starting inside, I start ou Khotyn "From the start, marriage was instituted for contemptible, practical reasons--an idea of men." (Catherine Deneuve) "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) We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
-- Voltaire Khotyn
What if it was cats who invented technology... would they have tv shows starring rubber sqeak
toys?
-- Douglas Coupland In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
-- Al Rogers, Global SchoolHouse Netw The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
-- Lou Holtz "I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to have a movie star for president, that it was so Pop, and (laughs) when you think about it like that, it is great, it's so Amer Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
-- Virginia Woolf Khotyn Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.
-- Thomas Carlyle I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking.
-- Katherine Cebrian Luck is the residue of design.
- Branch Rickey - former owner of the Brooklyn Dodger Baseball Team Khotyn
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and
remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't
work and the Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
-- Robert Browning Choose a wife by your ear than your eye.
-- Thomas Fuller, 1732 "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) 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 Khotyn They gave me a book of checks. They didn't ask for any deposits.
-- Joe Early, Congressman (D-Mass), at a press conference to answer questions about the
House Bank scandal UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
-- Emily Dickinson Khotyn
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
-- Stephen Leacock "The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour." (Karl Marx) 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 Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,
but no friendship.
-- Oscar Wilde When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
-- Anatole France Khotyn Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
-- Thomas Szasz "I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear ... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived." (Rabbi H Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
-- Mark B. Cohen Khotyn
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the
first half.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.
-- Anon. To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
-- Lao Tzu They gave me a book of checks. They didn't ask for any deposits.
-- Joe Early, Congressman (D-Mass), at a press conference to answer questions about the
House Bank scandal "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 Khotyn Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the
wrong remedies.
-- Groucho Marx Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.
-- G. K. Chesterton "Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Khotyn
He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.
-- Anonymous The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe.
-- Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of Philadelphia Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
-- George Burns It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.
- G. B. Burgin Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
-- Oscar Wilde Khotyn Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
-- Red Buttons "The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour." (Karl Marx) Ninety percent of the game is half mental.
-- Yogi Berra Khotyn
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
- Sir Winston Churchill Sign in a marriage counselor's window: "Out to lunch - Think it over." "I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me." (George Bernard Shaw) I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
-- Mark Twain Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
-- Anonymous Khotyn "I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you and education." (Wilson Mizner) I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
-- Edward Chilton "We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place." (Günther Grass, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Li Khotyn
