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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 Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
-- Michael Leunig "The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one." (Joan Baez) Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.
-- Jonson, Ben I have a great diet. You're allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat
people.
-- Ed Bluestone Government The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning
it.
-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested
he is in her.
-- Agatha Christie If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.
-- George Gobel Government
Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man. "If you want to make enemies, try to change something." (Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president, 1856-1924) I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking.
-- Katherine Cebrian When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his
life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.
-- Francois Cavanna Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own
language and forthwith it is something entirely different.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Government "Those who feel certainty are stupid and those with any imagination or understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 1872-1970) Love is stronger than justice.
-- Sting Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.
-- Joan Collins Government
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
-- Mae West Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
-- James Baldwin I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
-- Tony Bennett, 1995 "I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free." (Walker Percy, The Moviegoer) "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead, 1901-78) Government "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature." (Francois Marie Ar "Friends are those people who know the words to the song in your heart and sing them back to you when you have forgotten the words." (Anonymous) Marriage is the sole cause of divorce. Government
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
-- Robert J. Oppenheimer, citing from the Bhagavadgita, after witnessing the world's first nuclear
explosion Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
-- Samuel Butler "I run to see who has the most guts." (Steve Roland Prefontaine) Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
- Bertrand Russell If God had meant us to vote, He would have given us candidates.
-- Seen on a bumper sticker Government "True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost." (Charles Caleb Colton) The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to
heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need
more supervision.
-- Lynn To love another person is to see the face of God.
-- Lyric from Les Miserables Government
In the end, everything is a gag.
-- Charlie Chaplin Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
-- Albert Camus To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
-- Francis Crawford Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.
-- Anon. "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction." (Pablo Picasso) Government The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
-- Quentin Crisp I'm not indecisive. Am I indecisive?
-- Jim Scheibel, mayor, St. Paul MN I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.
-- Carol Leifer Government
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!
-- Woody Allen To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
-- Ghandi Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully
ignorant.
--John Simon "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear." (George Orwell) "Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat." (Gina Gershon) Government Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting someone else to do the work.
-- John G. Pollard "A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men." (Saadi) Luck is the residue of design.
- Branch Rickey - former owner of the Brooklyn Dodger Baseball Team Government
Like a prune, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter.
-- N. D. Stice Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
- Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat Just buy a box of popcorn and a Coca-Cola and sit back and watch.
-- James Carville, Clinton advisor, offering advice for Democrats on the term-limits vote in the
House It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves
great results. The wish to preserve the past rather that the hope of creating the future dominates
the "I like boring things." (Andy Warhol, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up) Government Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.
-- Jim Beggs Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man. Government
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
-- Charles Schultz Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.
-- Thomas Carlyle A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
-- Michel de Montaigne A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
Harry S. Truman I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
-- Tony Bennett, 1995 Government History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
-- Winston Churchill "A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you." (Bert Leston Taylor) An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for
love is measured by fullness, not by reception.
-- Harold Loukes Government
"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 If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring.
-- Alphonse Karr To heck with marrying a girl who makes biscuits like her mother--I want to marry one who makes dough like her father. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when
we created them.
- Albert Einstein When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.
-- Betty Bender Government Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.
-- H. L. Mencken We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
-- Aristotle Is there life before death?
-- Belfast Graffito Government
The days just before marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book. Per cubic inch, your current TV set is perhaps the dumbest appliance in your home (and I'm not
even talking about the programs).
-- Nicholas Negroponte The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have
to shave twice a day.
-- Adlai Stevenson Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit. "Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences." (Isadora Duncan) Government I date this girl for two years--and then the nagging starts: "I wanna know your name."
-- Mike Binder I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in
charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
-- Hen The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. What men need is as much knowledge as they
can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy and
stupid from Government
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte Never moon a werewolf.
-- Mike Binder 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 To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
-- Lao Tzu The mistakes are all waiting to be made.
- chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) on the game's opening position Government I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me
is another matter.
- Sir Winston Churchill The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
-- P. J. O'Rourke Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
-- Samuel Butler Government
